1. Chest wall repair with a titanium instrument
Kiyoshi Ohno, MD, Keiji Kuwata, MD, Yoshio Yamasaki, MD, Katsuhiko Akizuki, MD, Iwao Satoh, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages (November 1998)
DOI: /S (98)

2. Fig 1
Preoperative computed tomography showed invasion of the metastatic lesion (T) in the chest wall to almost the entire length of the ninth and tenth ribs and the costal arch.
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3. Fig 2
Posterior view after resection of the tumor. Titanium rods were fixed to the left pedicles of the vertebral arches of the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae, and transverse fixators were applied between the rods at two points.
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4. Fig 3
Right lateral view. Two layers of Marlex mesh sutured to the rod fixed to the ninth thoracic vertebra were sutured with tension to the sixth rib and muscles (m.) of the abdominal and lumbar wall.
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