Chest wall reconstruction, prosthesis and allografts: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

What is the best material in the case of prosthesis used to replace major chest wall resection is still unknown. We reviewed most significant literature focused on the type of prosthetic materials available by highlighting their relative pros and cons.

Methods

We reviewed most significant articles, including clinical results of relevant case series (retrospective studies), published in English in the last 23 years: PubMed, Embase and Scopus databases were used in our search in the period between the 1^st January 1999 and 31^st December 2022.

Key content and findings

Overall, our literature review revealed lack of uniformity or conformity in the surgical strategies described for chest wall reconstruction with no internationa

SUBMITTER: Girotti PNC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797370 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature