Polylactide Bioabsorbable Struts for Chest Wall Reconstruction in a Pediatric Patient Tafadzwa P. Makarawo, MD, MRCS, Richard A. Reynolds, MD, Marc L. Cullen, MD, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 2, Pages 689-691 (February 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.052 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomography of thorax demonstrating eighth rib Ewing sarcoma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 689-691DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.052) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative images. (A) Chest wall after resection showing 15 × 20 cm defect. (B) Rib reconstruction with polylactic acid (PLA) rib struts. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 689-691DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.052) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Postoperative computed tomographic images demonstrating chest wall symmetry and absence of artifact from chest wall fixation prosthesis. (A) Topogram. (B) Cross-sectional view. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 689-691DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.052) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions