title: [Reconstruction of a crushed chest with HI-TEX PARP NT implant].
abstract: The authors present the case of a 57-year-old man with polytrauma, who was injured in a train accident. Together with other injuries, he also sustained multiple comminuted fractures on the left half of the rib cage. These subsequently required surgical intervention because of thoracic instability and impending lung injury. Extensive damage to the thoracic skeleton was treated by removal of the damaged tissues and replacement by the HI-TEX PARP NT implant. The presented procedure is being discussed as an alternative to metallic fixation in thoracic instability in cases of devastating injury or injury resulting in bone and tissue loss.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Universitätskrankenhaus, Alej Svobody 80, 30460 Pilsen, Czech Republic. vodicka@fnplzen.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vodicka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Safránek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spidlen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Veselý
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Louda
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011091:Polyesters; D011140:Polyurethanes; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012086:Reoperation; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D011091:Polyesters; D011140:Polyurethanes