title: [Wide resection and reconstruction of chest wall: usefulness of A-O metal plate].
abstract: A 53-year-old male was admitted to our department with a chest tumor due to infiltration of lung cancer. Right upper lobectomy and a wide en bloc excision of the right upper chest wall were performed, including the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th ribs with upper lobectomy of right lung. The defect was replaced with three A-O metal plates, which joined both stumps of the ribs, from the third to the fifth rib. These metal plates were very useful because it was easy to bent and twist them to fit the defect in operation. And curved metal plates preserved a cone from of chest cage. Postoperative course was favourable without mechanical ventilation and wound infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Hokkaidou, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haneda
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013193:Stainless Steel; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel