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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 508-512, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Current techniques for chest wall reconstruction: expanded possibilities for treatment

RJ McKenna Jr, CF Mountain, MJ McMurtrey, D Larson and QR Stiles
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030.

Myocutaneous flaps and prosthetic materials have greatly facilitated reconstruction after massive chest wall resection. This series includes 112 such procedures. Latissimus dorsi, rectus abdominis, omental, pectoralis major, and contralateral breast flaps were used in 80 patients. Early in the series, 3 flaps were lost because of technical problems. Minor areas of incomplete healing that resolved completely with local wound care occurred in 16 of 80 flaps. Skeletal reconstruction was performed in 82 patients without complication. Marlex mesh was used for flat surfaces, and Marlex mesh with methyl methacrylate was used for the sternum and the curved surface of the lateral chest wall. These results have allowed an expansion of the indications for chest wall resection to include the curative treatment of primary chest wall tumors and palliative treatment for breast cancer patients with osteoradionecrosis, local recurrence (in select patients), chest wall infection, and tumors metastatic to the chest wall.

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