title: Autogenous rib graft for reconstruction of sternal defects.
abstract: Those who have undergone sternum resection need graft to stabilize the sternum with steel wire, titanium mesh or polypropylene mesh. The current study reports a case of using autogenous rib graft to reconstruct the sternum after resection. A 53-year-old man, whose chest computed tomography (CT) identified expansive lesions and the presence of osteocytes lesions in the sternum, with no apparent involvement of the mediastina structures, come to our medical center due to pain and a lump of the anterior chest wall. The patient underwent tumor radical resection and sternal reconstruction with autogenous rib graft, and the histopathological examination of the surgical specimen determined the diagnosis of osteosarcoma. The patient has recovered well after the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Wenshan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Guofei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Chenyang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Degang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chai
keywords: Autogenous rib graft; sternal defects; sternum tumor