title: Thoracic wall reconstruction with Collamend® in trauma: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite progress in reconstructive techniques, rebuilding portions of the thorax remains challenging, in particular when large resections, contamination or infection are involved. No other cases of thoracic reconstruction in trauma patients with biological prosthesis have been described since now.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of thoracic reconstruction in highly infected field in a trauma patient. We also performed a literature review about the topic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Collamend® demonstrated its usefulness in thoracic wall reconstruction even in trauma patients and infected fields.
authors.affiliation: General and Emergency Surgery dept, Ospedali Riuniti, Largo Barozzi, 1-26128, Bergamo, Italy. federico.coccolini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coccolini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lotti
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertoli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piazzalunga
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnone
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Campanati
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansaloni