Chest wall reconstruction after rib resection is essential to ensuring chest wall stability, avoiding flail chest and pulmonary hernia, and improving pulmonary function. Traditionally, a synthetic mesh and a musculocutaneous flap have been used to bridge the chest wall defect. However, a risk of secondary prosthesis infection exists. Acellular dermal collagen mesh implants (PermacolTM) are indi...

vib, into which the probe passes to the extent of 13 inches in a direction to the right upwards, outwards and forwards towards the front of the thorax and in front of the right axilla. On passing the probe a discharge of dark foetid pus oozes out through the sinus. The impact of the probe in the front of the thorax can be felt against the third rib just in front of the right axilla. Has slight ...

We report a case of reconstruction of a large full-thickness posterolateral defect of the chest wall after resection of a stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) using the combination of a vertical expandable prosthetic titanium device and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) mesh. A 40-year-old female presented with a NSCLC classified as type IIIA and required both neoadjuvant radiotherapy...

Methods From April 2012 to date, we performed 42 completely thoracoscopic lobectomies (non rib-spreading) with anterior approach to the pulmonary hilum. Clinical stages I were included and T3 or T4 tumors, central tumors, cN1-N2, previous ipsilateral thoracotomy were excluded. Whenever possible, we have obtained a preoperative diagnosis with CT-guided needle biopsy (n = 35, 83%); otherwise lobe...

Schwannoma is a well-encapsulated benign tumor that originates from Schwann cells. Prognosis and progress are excellent, and recurrence of the tumor is sometimes reported after surgical resection . Intrathoracic extrapulmonary schannoma is extremely rare that had grown and bulging inside the thoracic cavity from the lateral chest wall ). Usually, intrathoracic Schwannoma is a found in the poste...

Bony tumours of the chest wall are rare and radical surgical resection forms the cornerstone of treatment. Closure of the defect following radical resection can be challenging. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with a large tumour of the thoracic wall, which was surgically resected with direct reconstruction using a sandwich technique with a Palacos(®) patch placed in a double-layer Mar...