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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:197-199
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Repair of a Complex Body Wall Defect Using Polytetrafluorethylene Patches

Frederic W. Grannis, Jr, MD, Lawrence D. Wagman, MD

Section of Thoracic Oncology, Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California

Accepted for publication November 21, 1994.

Techniques for repair of chest wall, abdominal wall, and diaphragm have been well described, but simultaneous repair of defects involving each of these three areas after tumor ablation provides the surgeon with a difficult technical problem. Repair of a large defect with two polytetrafluorethylene patches after resection of an osteosarcoma invading the lower chest wall, abdominal wall, and diaphragm is described.






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