• Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730030, P. R. China;
LI Bin, Email: dr.leebin@outlook.com; JIANG Peng, Email: jpld@163.com
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The sternum is the pivotal component of the thoracic cavity. It is connected with the clavicle and ribs on the upper part and both sides respectively, and plays an important role in protecting the stability of the chest wall. Sternal resection usually results in a large segmental chest wall defect that causes the chest wall to float and requires sternal reconstruction. This paper reports a 62 years male patient with thymic squamous cell carcinoma with sternal metastasis, who underwent thymotomy, sternal tumor resection and autologous lilum graft combined with sternal reconstruction by titanium plate after relevant examination was completed and surgical contraindications were eliminated. The patient was followed up for 6 months, the respiratory and motor functions were normal and the thoracic appearance was good.

Citation: YANG Bo, LI Bin, JIANG Peng, ZHANG Shaobo, REN Meiyu, SU Zhipeng. Autologous ilium graft combination with titanium plate for sternal reconstruction: A case report. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024, 31(2): 329-332. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202203063 Copy

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