Three-Dimensional Custom-Made Titanium Ribs for Reconstruction of a Large Chest Wall Defect

• Main Authors: Isabel Simal (Author), Maria Antonia García-Casillas (Author), Julio Arturo Cerdá (Author), Óscar Riquelme (Author), Concepción Lorca-García (Author), Laura Pérez-Egido (Author), Beatriz Fernández-Bautista (Author), Manuel de la Torre (Author), Juan Carlos de Agustín (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Reconstruction of large chest wall defects always demand surgeons of having lots of means available (both materials and resourceful) to apply a cover to chest wall defects which can range from a few centimeters to the lack of a few entire ribs. In this study, we present the case of a teenager who su...