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Postoperative Local Morbidity and the Use of Vacuum-Assisted Closure After Complex Chest Wall Reconstructions With New and Conventional Materials  Gaetano.

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1 Postoperative Local Morbidity and the Use of Vacuum-Assisted Closure After Complex Chest Wall Reconstructions With New and Conventional Materials  Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd, Nicola Martucci, MD, Antonello La Rocca, MD, Carmine La Manna, MD, Giuseppe De Luca, MD, Flavio Fazioli, MD, Stefano Mori, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages (July 2014) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Institutional flowchart guiding the decision-making process for reconstructive materials after full-thickness, nonsternal chest wall resection based on clinical principles and cost-effectiveness criteria (Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy). As a rule, polyglactin meshes are used to cover titanium plates to avoid friction with overlying skin. (ACM = acellular collagen matrix patch; Prolene = polypropylene; PTFE = polytetrafluoroethylene.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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