Moldable titanium mesh for chest wall reconstruction, an elegant solution about a case report [Reconstruction d'une pariétectomie thoracique transfixiante par grille de titane malléable, une solution élégante à propos d'un cas]

摘要

Introduction: Several surgical techniques are available for full thickness chest wall reconstruction. The choice has to be adapted to the size of the loss of tissue, its location, and must finally be accepted by the patient's. We propose a new and unpublished solution. Case report: We have in our care a 54 years-old patient suffering from a previous loss of chest wall tissue measuring 7cm 2 due to surgical treatment of mediastinal Hodgkin's disease with sternal and costal invasion. Because of the sequelae, the goal focused on aesthetic reconstruction. Heartbeat was visible under the skin due to a loss of secondary left breast tissue from an initial treatment with absorbable Vicryl