Sternal resections Technique used

Resecciones esternales Técnica utilizada

Tarabochia, Carlos - Pertusso, Juan C - Pertusso, P - Martínez, José L

Resumen:

The authors present two cases of primitive tumors of thesternum which were treated by means of extensiveresections. Parietal defects which were situated in theupper third in one case and the /ower one in the other,were repaired with a "sandwich" made of Mar/ex andmethylmatacrilate with an epiploon covering. Thiscombination made possible a good anatomica/, cosmeticand functional result, with a reasonable protectionagainst infections


Se presentan dos casos de tumores primitivos deesternón que fueron tratados con amplias resecciones.Los defectos parietales ubicados uno en el terciosuperior y otro en el tercio inferior, fueron reparados conun "sandwich" de Mar/ex y metil metacrilato, con unacobertura de epiplón, permitiendo con esta combinaciónobtener un buen resultado anatómico, cosmético yfuncional brindando también una razonable proteccióncontra infecciones.


Detalles Bibliográficos
1995
cirugía
malla quirúrgica
tumores
surgery
surgical meshes
tumors
Español
Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4201
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
Sumario:The authors present two cases of primitive tumors of thesternum which were treated by means of extensiveresections. Parietal defects which were situated in theupper third in one case and the /ower one in the other,were repaired with a "sandwich" made of Mar/ex andmethylmatacrilate with an epiploon covering. Thiscombination made possible a good anatomica/, cosmeticand functional result, with a reasonable protectionagainst infections