Thoracic wall tumors; our surgical treatment experience Göǧüs duvari tümörlerinde cerrahi tedavi deneyimlerimiz

Başoğlu A., Demircan S., Çelik B., Akdaǧ A. O., Taslak Şengül A.

Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.251-256, 2002 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.251-256
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chest wall tumors, Reconstruction, Resection
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the study is to discuss clinical features, the pathology, our experience and surgical approaches of the chest wall tumors. The patients who had been operated on chest wall tumors in our department between September 1998 - September 2002 were evaluated retrospectively. The number of patient was 15, eight male and seven female, the range of age was 15-69, meanly 45±4.8 years. Twenty surgical approaches were performed on 15 patients. The chest wall tumors were benign in 3 cases and malignant in 12 cases. Resection of sternum for 2 patients, soft tissue resections for 3 patients and chest wall resections for 10 patients were performed. Reconstructive approach was needed for 8 patients. Adjuvan therapy was applied for 7 patients. Treatment of the chest wall tumors can be provided successfully with surgical resection. The defects of the chest wall can be repaired by different reconstruction materials.