[Experience of chest wall reconstruction with newly developed material].
After the chest wall resection, its reconstruction is often needed. A 45-year-old male lung adenocarcinoma patient with chest wall invasion underwent upper lobectomy of the right lung with partial resection of 4-6th ribs. The size of the removed chest wall was 11 x 6.5 cm. We reconstructed the chest wall with Bard Composix E/X Mesh. This prosthesis is consisted of a polypropylene mesh and an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet This material is seems to be useful in the reconstruction of chest wall in both preventing pulmonary adhesion and enabling good wound healing.
Osawa
H
H
Department of Surgery, Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital, Hiratsuka, Japan.
Nishii
T
T
Suzuki
Y
Y
Numata
M
M
Shigemasa
K
K
Tanabe
H
H
Tani
K
K
Shiraishi
R
R
Katayama
K
K
Nakagawa
A
A
Jin
Y
Y
Yoshimura
N
N
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*
D011126:Polypropylenes; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene