Maintaining lung volume in a chest wall deformity after chest wall reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malignant chest wall tumor is a generic term for a variety of tumors arising from bone and cartilage of the chest wall. Treatment of malignant chest wall tumors includes resection and chest wall reconstruction. This study aimed to evaluate whether lung volume is maintained in the presence of postoperative chest wall deformity.

Methods

Forty-seven patients with malignant chest wall tumors who were treated with full thick resection at our hospital were enrolled in the current study. The prognosis associated with pathologic diagnosis and the surgical method were examined. Among the patients in whom ribs were resected, chest wall chest deformities and postoperative lung volume changes were analyzed by reconstructive computed tomography (CT). Chest wall deformities wer

SUBMITTER: Mitamura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12688554 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature