Implantation of a 3D-printed titanium sternum in a patient with a sternal tumor

World J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jan 15;16(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12957-018-1315-8.

Abstract

Background: Primary malignant or metastatic sternal tumors are uncommon. A subtotal or total sternectomy can offer a radical form of treatment. The issue is to restore the structural integrity of the chest wall.

Case presentation: We report the implantation of an individualized 3D-printed titanium sternum in a patient with a sternal tumor.

Conclusions: We believe that tridimensional print technologies may also change the strategy of chest wall reconstruction.

Keywords: 3D–printed titanium sternum; Sternal tumor; Sternectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Prognosis
  • Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Sternum / diagnostic imaging
  • Sternum / pathology
  • Sternum / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Titanium*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Titanium