Chest wall resection

Chest wall resection

Chest wall resection: Chest wall resection is the surgical removal of the sternum, ribs, cartilage, and other soft tissue due to invading lung cancer.

Diseases And Conditions Treated: Chest wall resection

These diseases and conditions may be treated with the surgical procedure Chest wall resection:

• Lung cancer attached to the chest wall
• Breast cancer attached to the chest wall
• Chondrosarcoma
• Osteosarcoma
• Fibrosarcoma
• Fibrous histiocytoma
• Chondroblastoma
• Osteoblastoma
• Melanoma
• Lymphoma
• Lymphangiosarcoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Plasmacytoma
• Chest wall infection
• Sternum infection
• Chest trauma
• Radiation necrosis (tissue death after radiation treatment)

Anesthetic Requirements for Chest wall resection

These surgical anesthetic requirements for the procedure Chest wall resection may include:

• General anesthesia

Procedure Complications: Chest wall resection

Possible surgical complications of Chest wall resection may include:

• Respiratory failure
• Bleeding
• Infection
• Disfigurement
• Internal prosthesis
• Prosthetic malfunction
• Adverse reaction to anesthesia

Prognosis for a Good Outcome: Chest wall resection

The prognosis for a good medical outcome: The prognosis for removing cancer is good. Many advances in prosthetics have improved the functional and cosmetic outcome for this surgery.

Chest wall resection: Other Names

Other names for this medical surgical procedures (Chest wall resection) include:

• Chest wall resection and sternum reconstruction

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