title: Surgical management of chest wall tumors.
abstract: A new technique for reconstruction of the chest wall providing immediate chest wall stability was employed in six patients who required extensive chest wall resection for a variety of neoplasms. Despite preoperative impairment of pulmonary function, early extubation was possible in all patients. Pulmonary function was well preserved on follow-up examination.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*