this study aimed to evaluate the effect of aerobic training with increased resistance of chest wall movement on ventilatory efficiency and pulmonary functions in untrained students. 18 untrained healthy male university students volunteered to participate in this study and were divided into two groups. they performed aerobic training with 70% – 80% of hrmax, three days a week for four weeks¬. ex...

Chest wall reconstruction is a surgical procedure aimed at restoring the integrity and function of chest wall, which may be damaged due to trauma, cancer, infection, or congenital defects. The plays vital role in protecting thoracic organs, supporting respiratory system, maintaining shape chest. Therefore, any defect deformity can have significant functional aesthetic consequences for patient. ...

1. Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. 2. Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. 3. Departamento de Patología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. We describe the case of a 72-year-old male patient with primary epithelioid angiosarcoma of the chest wall (PEACW). The patient complaine...

Introduction: The high local control rates observed in patients with breast cancer who had been treated by modified radical mastectomy, chemotherapy and chest-wall irradiation using 120 kV X-rays (50 Gy in 25 fractions) motivated us to investigate their observed tumor control probability (TCP) and test a well-established radiobiological TCP model against our data. Mat...

Malignant chest wall tumour is rare. The presentation is usually aggressive that requires extensive resection to prevent recurrence. However, the extensive resection is to the expense of causing defect on the chest wall and hence, respiratory mechanics. Two cases of chest wall tumour are discussed including the surgical approach of radical tumour resection which was combined with placement of t...

The need to maintain stability of the chest wall with stainless steel strips in three unusual sets of circumstances is explained. That 'flail' chest is not synonymous with 'stove-in' chest is made clear. Some of the problems which relate to the maintenance of chest wall stability were discussed in a previous paper (le Roux, 1964). In respect of restoration of rigidity of the chest wall after re...

BACKGROUND Mucormycosis is a kind of rare opportunistic fungal disease and the incidence of which has gradually increased. Disseminated mucormycosis (DM) is a life-threatening infection that mostly occurs in immunocompromised patients. The lung and brain are usually involved in disseminated mucormycosis, and other sites are scare. We report the first case of disseminated mucormycosis whose infe...

Anterior chest wall giant basal cell carcinoma (GBCC) is a rare skin malignancy that requires a multidisciplinary treatment approach. This case report demonstrates the challenges of anterior chest wall GBCC reconstruction for the purpose of palliative therapy in a 72-year-old female. Surgical resection of the lesion included the manubrium and upper four ribs. The defect was closed with bilatera...