Open AccessSternal reconstruction with bone cement block using the rigid plate fixation technique
Author(s) -
Jung Jae Jun,
Kim Seung Soo,
Kang Dong Hoon,
Moon Seong Ho,
Yang Jun Ho,
Byun Joung Hun,
Kim Jong Woo,
Kim Sung Hwan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13145
Subject(s) - medicine , chondrosarcoma , rib cage , sternum , surgery , bone cement , fixation (population genetics) , flail chest , block (permutation group theory) , radiology , cement , anatomy , history , population , environmental health , archaeology , geometry , mathematics
Chest computed tomography demonstrated a suspected primary tumor in the upper sternal body of a 48‐year‐old woman who presented with sternal pain. After being diagnosed with chondrosarcoma, she underwent sternal resection. Subsequent chest wall reconstruction was performed after careful planning using a bone cement block made of polypropylene mesh and polymethylmethacrylate. The block was fixed to the manubrium and ribs using the SternaLock System. She was discharged following an uneventful postoperative recovery, and is currently undergoing follow‐up.