Yoshihiro Nishida1, Satoshi Tsukushi2, Hiroshi Urakawa2, Kazuhiro Toriyama3, Yuzuru Kamei3, Kohei Yokoi4, Naoki Ishiguro2. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School and School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan. ynishida@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School and School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan. 3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School and School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. 4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School and School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sternal resection is occasionally required for patients with malignant tumors, particularly sarcomas, in the sternal region. Few reports have described post-operative respiratory and shoulder function after sternal resection for patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcomas. METHODS: Eight consecutive patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas requiring sternal resection were the focus of this study. Chest wall was reconstructed with a non-rigid or semi-rigid prosthesis combined, in most cases, with soft tissue flap reconstruction. Clinical outcomes investigated included complications, shoulder function, evaluated with Musculoskeletal Tumor Society-International Symposium of Limb Salvage system, and respiratory function, evaluated by use of spirometry. RESULTS: The anterior chest wall was reconstructed with non-rigid strings for 3 patients and with polypropylene mesh for 5. There were no severe post-operative complications, for example surgical site infection or pneumonia. All 3 patients with non-rigid reconstruction experienced paradoxical breathing, whereas none with polypropylene mesh did so. Post-operatively, FEV(1)% was unchanged but %VC was significantly reduced (p = 0.01), irrespective of the reconstruction method used (strings or polypropylene mesh). Shoulder function was not impaired. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients undergoing sternal resection, post-operative shoulder function was excellent. Pulmonary function was slightly restricted, but not sufficiently so to interfere with the activities of daily living (ADL). Paradoxical breathing is a slight concern for non-rigid reconstruction.
BACKGROUND: Sternal resection is occasionally required for patients with malignant tumors, particularly sarcomas, in the sternal region. Few reports have described post-operative respiratory and shoulder function after sternal resection for patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcomas. METHODS: Eight consecutive patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas requiring sternal resection were the focus of this study. Chest wall was reconstructed with a non-rigid or semi-rigid prosthesis combined, in most cases, with soft tissue flap reconstruction. Clinical outcomes investigated included complications, shoulder function, evaluated with Musculoskeletal Tumor Society-International Symposium of Limb Salvage system, and respiratory function, evaluated by use of spirometry. RESULTS: The anterior chest wall was reconstructed with non-rigid strings for 3 patients and with polypropylene mesh for 5. There were no severe post-operative complications, for example surgical site infection or pneumonia. All 3 patients with non-rigid reconstruction experienced paradoxical breathing, whereas none with polypropylene mesh did so. Post-operatively, FEV(1)% was unchanged but %VC was significantly reduced (p = 0.01), irrespective of the reconstruction method used (strings or polypropylene mesh). Shoulder function was not impaired. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients undergoing sternal resection, post-operative shoulder function was excellent. Pulmonary function was slightly restricted, but not sufficiently so to interfere with the activities of daily living (ADL). Paradoxical breathing is a slight concern for non-rigid reconstruction.
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