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Chondrosarcoma from the sternum: Reconstruction with titanium mesh and a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap after subtotal sternal excision

BACKGROUND: Chondrosarcoma arising from the sternum is extremely rare and is often untreatable. Removal of the sternum for malignant tumor results in large defects in bone and soft tissue, causing deformity and paradoxical movement of the chest wall and making subsequent repair of the thorax very im...

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Autores principales: Koto, Kazutaka, Sakabe, Tomoya, Horie, Naoyuki, Ryu, Kazuteru, Murata, Hiroaki, Nakamura, Shinichiro, Ishida, Toshihiro, Konishi, Eiichi, Kubo, Toshikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23018358
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.883471