ACTA FAC. MED. NAISS. 2006; 23(2):107-111

Original article

Vojkan Stanic¹, Marjan Novakovic², Tatjana Vulovic³, Vlado Cvijanovic¹, Aleksandar Ristanovic¹, Bojan Gulic¹

¹Military Medical Academy, Clinic for Thoracic Surgery,
²Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Belgrade
³Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Centre for Anesthesia, Kragujevac

SUMMARY

The paper presents the results of the reconstruction of large chest wall defects after radical resection for malignant tumors.Twenty seven patients with malignant tumors of the chest wall were surgically treated at the Clinic for thoracic surgery, Military Medical Academy in Belgrade in the period 2000- 2005. After radical resection, chest wall was stabilized and the defect was covered. The obtained results were satisfactory. The authors conclude that extended resections of the chest wall should be performed without concerns that chest wall unstableness and problems with breathing mechanics would occur.

Key words: chest wall, resection, reconstruction