A Different from of Sternal Reconstruction: A Case Study
Halil Tozum
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medeniyet University Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istabul, Turkey
Mustafa Akyil
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Chest Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Tahir Sevval Eren
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medeniyet University Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istabul, Turkey
Murat Demiroglu *
Department of Orthopaedics, Medeniyet University Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istabul, Turkey
Bulent Kilic
Department of Health Sciences, Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Currently, almost all sternum defects, with or without tissue loss, can be repaired through various kinds of surgical procedures and grafts. A patient diagnosed with multiple myeloma one and a half years earlier experienced during therapy a pathological fracture of the sternum that healed with a “staircase” like complication. Reconstruction of the sternum using the "nitinol plaque" was performed on the patient, who came to have the deformity corrected. We present our first case of reconstruction using a new material, which had a successful outcome.
Keywords: Chest wall reconstruction, sternum, multiple myeloma, nitinol plate.