title: [Surgical treatment of sternal tumors: resection of the tumors and reconstruction of the chest wall defects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the efficacy of surgical treatment of sternal tumors and repairing methods of the chest wall defects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen patients with sternal tumors were diagnosed and underwent resection of the sternal tumors according to the en-bolck principle and repair of the chest wall defects using various materials from January 1968 to December 2010 in our hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 6 patients with sternal manubrim tumors, one patient had reconstruction only with steel wire, other 5 patients healed completely after repair with soft materials. Of 7 patients with sternal body tumors, one patient recovered quickly without reconstruction because he had only partial resection; four patients had chest wall repair with soft materials, but they breathed hardly; and two patients had chest wall reconstruction with rigid materials. One patient had ventilatory support, another patient recovered quickly. Ventilatory support was needed in two patients treated by subtotal sternectomy because they had chest wall repair with soft materials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In surgical treatment of sternal tumors by manubrim sternetomy, the chest wall defects can be constructed with soft materials. After resection of sternal body tumors and subtotal sternectomy, the thoracic wall defects need to be reconstructed with rigid materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital (Institute), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: Da-wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xiao-lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing-si
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Gui-yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ke-lin
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiang-yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*