Vol 12, No 1 (January 10, 2020): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction)

Original Article

Sternochondral replacement: use of cadaveric allograft for the reconstruction of anterior chest wall
Giuseppe Marulli, Giulia De Iaco, Pia Ferrigno, Angela De Palma, Rosatea Quercia, Debora Brascia, Marco Schiavon, Marco Mammana, Federico Rea
Costal cartilage resection for the treatment of slipping rib syndrome (Cyriax syndrome) in adults
Antonio Mazzella, Ludovic Fournel, Antonio Bobbio, Aurélie Janet-Vendroux, Filippo Lococo, Emelyne Canny Hamelin, Philippe Icard, Marco Alifano

Surgical Technique

Anterior chest wall resection and sternal body wedge for primary chest wall tumour: reconstruction technique with biological meshes and titanium plates
Alberto Sandri, Giovanni Donati, Carlo Droz Blanc, Victor Auguste Nigra, Matteo Gagliasso, Roberto Barmasse
Chest wall resection and reconstruction for lung cancer: surgical techniques and example of integrated multimodality approach
Mauro Loi, Antonio Mazzella, Isacco Desideri, Ludovic Fournel, Emelyne Canny Hamelin, Philippe Icard, Antonio Bobbio, Marco Alifano
Sternectomy for primary chondrosarcoma
Stéphane Collaud, Theresa Stork, Daniel Valdivia, Keita Tokuishi, Clemens Aigner
Radioisotope-guided localization and resection of non-palpable focal lesion of the rib
Francesco Petrella, Giorgio Lo Iacono, Monica Casiraghi, Lorenzo Gherzi, Elena Prisciandaro, Cristiano Rampinelli, Marzia Colandrea, Chiara Maria Grana, Lorenzo Spaggiari
Chest wall resection and reconstruction by composite prosthesis for locally recurrent breast carcinoma
Francesco Petrella, Giorgio Lo Iacono, Monica Casiraghi, Lorenzo Gherzi, Elena Prisciandaro, Cristina Garusi, Lorenzo Spaggiari
MRI-guided segmental sternectomy for impalpable intraosseous lesion
Francesco Petrella, Monica Casiraghi, Niccolò Filippi, Riccardo Orlandi, Andrea Alliata, Giorgio Lo Iacono, Luigi Funicelli, Stefania Rizzo, Lorenzo Spaggiari
Extensive abdominal and chest wall resection and reconstruction for invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
Pia Ferrigno, Nicola Monaci, Alessandro Pangoni, Giovanni Comacchio, Giuseppe Natale, Eleonora Faccioli, Andrea Zuin, Andrea Dell’Amore, Federico Rea

Disclosure:

This focused issue “Surgery of the chest wall: indications, timing and technical aspects” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Francesco Petrella and Lorenzo Spaggiari served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.