Chest wall reconstruction with an anatomically designed 3-D printed titanium ribs and hemi-sternum implant

Chest wall reconstruction with an anatomically designed 3-D printed titanium ribs and hemi-sternum implant

Abstract Background Chest wall resection following wide local excision for bone tumor results in a large defect. Reconstructing this defect is complex and requires skeletal and soft tissue reconstruction. We describe the reconstruction of a large skeletal defect with a three-dimensional (3-D) printe...

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Main Authors: Ira Goldsmith, Peter Llewelyn Evans, Heather Goodrum, James Warbrick-Smith, Thomas Bragg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:3D Printing in Medicine
Subjects:
Chest wall resection
Chest wall reconstruction
3-D printed titanium implant
Chondroscarcoma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41205-020-00079-0

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