Advanced lung cancer patient benefits from minimally invasive costal resection and reconstruction: an effective palliative approach for costal metastasis

Abstract We hereby describe the resection and reconstruction of a rib infiltrated by a lung cancer metastasis. Despite prior radiation therapy aimed at mitigating pain from rib infiltration in a stage IV non-small cell lung cancer patient, results were unsatisfactory. Employing a minimally invasive...

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Main Authors: Marco N. Andreas, Dirk Böhmer, Johann Pratschke, Jens C. Rückert, Aron Elsner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02422-y