Value of Porous Titanium Alloy Plates for Chest Wall Reconstruction after Resection of Chest Wall Tumors

Qi, Yu,Li, Xin,Zhao, Song,Han, Yong Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.11

Objective: To explore the value of porous titanium alloy plates for chest wall reconstruction after resection of chest wall tumors. Materials and Methods: A total of 8 patients with chest wall tumors admitted in our hospital from Jan. 2006 to Jan. 2009 were selected and underwent tumor resection, then chest wall repair and reconstruction with porous titanium alloy plates for massive chest wall defects. Results: All patients completed surgery successfully with tumor resection-induced chest wall defects being $6.5{\times}7cm{\sim}12{\times}15.5$ cm in size. Two weeks after chest wall reconstruction, only 1 patient had subcutaneous fluidify which healed itself after pressure bandaging following fluid drainage. Postoperative pathological reports showed 2 patients with costicartilage tumors, 1 with squamous cell carcinoma of lung, 1 with lung adeno-carcinoma, 1 with malignant lymphoma of chest wall, 2 with chest wall metastasis of breast cancers and 1 with chest wall neurofibrosarcoma. All patients had more than 2~5 years of follow-up, during which time 1 patient with breast cancer had surgical treatment due to local recurrence after 7 months and none had chest wall reconstruction associated complications. The mean survival time of patients with malignant tumors was ($37.3{\pm}5.67$) months. Conclusions: Porous titanium alloy plates are safe and effective in the chest wall reconstruction after resection of chest tumors.

거대 흉벽 결손에 대한 확장 외복사근 근피판을 이용한 흉벽재건 치험례

김대희,김정헌,송승용,Kim, Dae-Hee,Kim, Chung-Hun,Song, Seung-Yong 대한성형외과학회 2010 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.37 No.3

Purpose: The resection of locally advanced or recurred breast cancers frequently result in large chest wall defects and it leads to a great challenges to cover. Generally simple skin grafts are not a practical option for patients because of their poor cosmetic appearance and prognosis. The latissimus dorsi and rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap have traditionally been recommended for closure of these large defects. Though the cosmetic result of reconstruction using these flaps is often excellent, but has significant drawbacks. Therefore, we thought that chest wall reconstruction using the external oblique musculocutaneous flap can be an alternative method for extensive chest wall defect related to large, locally advanced breast carcinoma. Methods & Results: We present a case of a 50-year-old Korean female, refered to our department with a left breast tumor for 10 months. CT demonstrate a large tumor on the left anterior chest wall and multiple nodules of varying size in the cervical areas and liver. FDG-PET showed areas of hot uptake throughout the left chest wall, mediastinum and liver. Biopsy was consistent with invasive ductal carcinoma (Grade III). The initial tumor was considered inoperable, so a series of chemotherapy was initiated. Though the size of the breast mass was slightly decreased, the patient continued to suffer from purulent discharge, unpleasant odor and contact bleeding of the mass, the salvage mastectomy was performed. Conclusion: We could reconstruct $23{\times}16\;cm$ sized large chest wall defect, resulting from the resection of a locally advanced breast carcinoma, using an external oblique musculocutaneous flap successfully. Immediate postoperatively checked flap was healthy. Overall result was good without any significant complications and discharged 3 weeks after operation.

Repair of Recurrent Pectus Excavatum with a Huge Chest Wall Defect in a Patient with a Previous Ravitch and Pectus Bar Repair: A Case Report

임공민,박형주 대한흉부외과학회 2022 Journal of Chest Surgery (J Chest Surg) Vol.55 No.3

Recurrent pectus excavatum (PE) after a Ravitch operation is not uncommon. Extensive costal cartilage resection from the previous Ravitch procedure can lead to an irregular, unstable chest wall depressions with a varying degree of deformity. The optimal approach to cover the chest wall defect and remodel the deformity, remains unknown. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman seeking surgery for the third time for recurrent PE. The patient presented with 2-time recurrent pectus excavatum following a failed Ravitch procedure and subsequent pectus bar repair. The entire chest wall reconstruction and remodeling entailed covering the chest wall defect with 2 titanium plates across both sides of the rib cage, and lifting and fixing the depressed chest wall with 2 parallel pectus bars.

Usefulness of Full-thickness Skin Graft from Anterolateral Chest wall in the Reconstruction of Facial Defects

유원재,임소영,변재경,문구현,방사익,오갑성,Yoo, Won-Jae,Lim, So-Young,Pyon, Jai-Kyong,Mun, Goo-Hyun,Bang, Sa-Ik,Oh, Kap-Sung Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surge 2010 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.37 No.5

Purpose: Full thickness skin grafts are useful in the reconstruction of facial skin defects when primary closure is not feasible. Although the supraclavicular area has been considered as the choice of donor site for large facial skin defect, many patients are reluctant to get a neck scar and some patients do not have enough skin to cover the defect owing to the same insult occurred to the neck such as burn accident. We present several cases of reconstruction of facial skin defects by freehand full-thickness skin graft from anterolateral chest wall resulting aesthetically acceptable outcome with lesser donor site morbidity. Methods: Retrospective review was performed from March, 2007 to September, 2009. 15 patients were treated by this method. Mean age was 31.5 years. The ethiology was congenital melanocytic nevus in 7 cases, capillary malformation in 5 cases and burn scar contracture in 3 cases. Mean area of lesion was measured to 67.3 cm2 preoperatively. The lesion was removed beneath the subcutaneous fatty tissue layer. The graft was not trimmed to be thin except defatting procedure. For the larger size of defect, two pieces of grafts were harvested from both anterolateral chest wall in separation and combined by suture. Results: The mean follow up period was 9.7 months. All the grafts survived without any problem except small necrotic areas in 4 cases, which healed spontaneously under conventional dressings in 6 weeks postoperatively. Color match was relatively excellent. There were 2 cases of hyperpigmentation immediately, but all of them disappeared in a few months. Conclusion: In cases of large facial skin defects, the anterolateral chest wall may be a good alternative choice of full-thickness skin graft.

흉부 거대 연골육종의 외과적 치료후 발생한 결핵성 종격동염 -1례 보고

이재훈,양수호 대한흉부심장혈관외과학회 1997 Journal of Chest Surgery (J Chest Surg) Vol.30 No.3

48세 남자 환자의 전종격동을 깊게 침범하며 흉골에서 발생한 거대한 연골육종을 치료하였다. 환자는 흉골의 연골육종과 주변의 정상변연 4cm을 포함하여 광범 위 절제술을 받았으며 그 종양 자체 는 양측의 쇄골과제 1,2,3늑연골을 포함하는 15$\times$ 16X10cm크기였다. 종양의 광범위 절제술후 남은 결손 부위는 매우 컸으며 흉벽 재건술을 Marled mesh와 methylmethacrylate와 wire steels로 겹싸는 sandwich식의 방법으로 시행하였고 연부조직의 재건술 또한 대흉근을 이용한 근피 판 치환술을 시행하 였다. 그러나 환자는 수술후 결핵성 종격동염이 발생되었고 다량의 농이 배출되었다. 재수술은 흉벽 재건술시의 사용되었던 이물질 모두를 제거하고 괴사성 조직의 소파술과 배농술을 시행하였다. 환자는 1 년간 항결핵제요법을 시행하였으며 완치되었기에 문헌고찰과 보고하는 바이다. A 48 year old man, has been suffering from a growing chondrosarcoma of sternum which has deeply invading the anterior mediastinum: He underwent wide resection of the chest wall tumor including a 4 cm free margin of normal tissue on all portions. The tumor as 15 $\times$ 16$\times$ 10cm in size arising from sternum and include both proximal one third of the clavicle and the 1 st, 2nd, and 3rd coital cartilages. The resected skeletal defect in the anterior wall was very large after wide resection of the'tumor and reconstructed due to paradoxical chest wall movement with sandwich like method of double over lapping Marlex mesh and methylmethacreylate, and steel wires. The soft tissue reconstructive procedure was dont with myocutaneous flap transposition use of pectoralis muscle. But the patient go infected with tuberculosis in the mediastinum two months after the operation. We had removed all of previously inserted prosthetics and performed curettage and drainage. Recently we experienced a case with giant chondrosarcoma of the sternum associated with tuberculous mediastinitis. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and was discharged with adjuvant treatment such as antituberculous medication for 1 year.

증례보고 : Poland 증후군 환자의 흉곽 재건술을 위한 전신 마취 경험

김윤희 ( Yoon Hee Kim ),권우진 ( Woo Jin Kwon ),박상일 ( Sang Il Park ) 대한마취과학회 2009 Korean Journal of Anesthesiology Vol.57 No.5

Poland syndrome, which is characterized by an absence of pectoralis muscles and their innervated nerves, is marked by variable chest wall defects due to deficits of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th ribs and costal cartilage. Additionally, there are other reported combined anomalies of the heart, lung, kidney, ipsilateral hand and foot associated with the syndrome. The lung on the side with the thoracic deformity is more hypoplastic or smaller than the lung on the unaffected side, which can cause herniation of the lung or paradoxical ventilatory movement in severe cases, thereby increasing the risk of respiratory depression and hypoxemia. Patients may have profound lung complications due to depressed respiratory muscle function and exacerbation of the underlying chronic pulmonary disease during the perioperative period. These patients also show increased risk of malignant hyperthermia and therefore require careful attention during general anesthesia. We report here an anesthetic experience during reconstruction surgery of a chest wall defect in a male patient with Poland syndrome. (Korean J Anesthesiol 2009;57:652∼5)

방사선 치료후 흉골에 발생한 악성 섬유성 조직구종 -흉골 전절제 및 흉벽 재건술 1례 보고-

조유원,박승일 대한흉부심장혈관외과학회 1996 Journal of Chest Surgery (J Chest Surg) Vol.29 No.1

방사선 치료 후 발생한 악성 섬유성 조직구종은 아주 드물며 일반적으로 예후가 나쁘다. 52세 남자환자가 6개월 전부터 발견된 흉골부위에 발생한 동통성의 종괴을 주소로 입원하였다. 환자는 5년전 식도암으로 방사선 치료를 받은 병력이 있었다. 종괴는 절개생검상 흥골육종으로 진단되어 항암약물요법을 5회 시행하였으나, 종괴가 점점 커져 수술을 시행하였다. 수술은 흥골을 덮고있는 피부와 늑연골을 포함하여 흥골 전절제술을 시행하였고 이로 인한 결손부위는 자가늑골 이식, 양측 대흥근 근육판과 피부이식으로 흥벽재건술을 시행하였다. 수술후 조직소견은 악성 섬유성 조직구종에 일치하였다. 수술후 경과는 순조로왔으며 36일째에 퇴원하였다. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma after radiation therapy is very rare and its prognosis is poor. A 52-year-old male patient was admitted due to painful mass at the sternal area which developed 6 months ago. The patient had a history of radiation therapy for esophageal cancer 5 years ago. The incisional biopy disclosed sternal sarcoma. In spite of 5 cycles of chemotherapy, the m ss progressively enlarged, and an operation was performed. Total sternectomy with overlying skin and postal cartilage was performed and reconstruction was carried out with autologous rib bone graft, bilateral pectoralis klajor muscle flap and skin graft. The microscopic examination was consistent with malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on postoperative 36 day.