OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical efficacy and complications of treating sternal @entity5 by resection and @entity702 mesh thoracic reconstruction. METHODS: This retrospective analysis of eight @entity1 with sternal @entity5 treated in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2008 to June 2012 included five @entity1 and three @entity1 aged 37-66 years (mean, 50.4 years). The histological diagnoses were @entity511 (two cases), @entity421 (one), @entity1418 (two), @entity1712 (one) and sternal metastasis from @entity0 (two). The @entity5 were invading the manubrium sterni (three cases), manubrium sterni and body (three) and sternal body (two). All @entity1 underwent needle or incisional biopsy prior to sternal @entity5 resection and @entity702 mesh thoracic reconstruction. RESULTS: All @entity1 were followed for 9 months to 4 years. There were no intraoperative complications or operative or postoperative deaths. One @entity1 developed a deep wound @entity1410 1 week postoperatively; incisional drainage and debridement resulting in healing within 2 weeks. There was no loosening or exsertion of the @entity702 mesh and no @entity1 developed @entity1576 or @entity85 . One @entity1 with @entity1418 died of lung metastases 9 months postoperatively, another with @entity1418 died of liver metastases 14 months postoperatively; the remaining @entity1 survived without @entity5 recurrence. CONCLUSION: @entity702 mesh chest reconstruction after sternal @entity5 resection has the advantages of simplifying the procedure, achieving a good shape and having few complications. @entity702 mesh is an ideal material for reconstruction of the sternum.

XXXX resection and reconstruction with @entity702 mesh: a preliminary study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity1712 :: ('MESH:D004802', 'Disease') :: ['eosinophilic granuloma'] @entity511 :: ('MESH:D002813', 'Disease') :: ['chondrosarcoma'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity1418 :: ('MESH:D051677', 'Disease') :: ['malignant fibrous histiocytoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'tumors'] @entity421 :: ('MESH:D012516', 'Disease') :: ['osteosarcoma'] @entity1410 :: ('MESH:D006406', 'Disease') :: ['hematoma'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory complications'] @entity702 :: ('MESH:D014025', 'Chemical') :: ['titanium', 'Titanium'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['thoracic deformity']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['Sternal tumor']
