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Thoracoplasty

Known as: Thoracoplasties, chest wall resection 
Surgical removal of ribs, allowing the chest wall to move inward and collapse a diseased lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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ChestEducational aspectsLungSubdivision of thorax

Broader (2)

Plastic Surgical ProceduresSurgical repair

Narrower (1)

Thoracoplasty, Schede type or extrapleural (all stages); with closure of bronchopleural fistula

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Chest wall resection for lung cancer: indications and techniques.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Full-Thickness Chest Wall Resection for Recurrent Breast Carcinoma: An Institutional Review and Meta-analysis
Locoregional recurrence of breast cancer can occur in up to 30 per cent of patients and has often been considered to indicate a… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
En-bloc chest wall and lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer. Predictors of 60-day non-cancer related mortality.
1999
1999
A new method for the treatment of graft infection in the thoracic aorta: in situ preservation.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Salvage surgery for locally advanced and locally recurrent breast cancer.
OBJECTIVE To determine if local control of breast cancer can be regained in patients with locally advanced and recurrent tumors… 
1994
1994
Radical forequarter amputation with hemithoracectomy and free extended forearm flap: Technical and physiologic considerations
Background: A radical forequarter amputation with partial chest wall resection (one to four ribs) has been reported for benign… 
1992
1992
Surgical treatment for chest wall recurrence of breast cancer.
1986
1986
Surgical management of the infant with mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall.
1984
1984
A perspective on chest wall resection in patients with breast cancer.
The morbidity from locally recurrent breast cancer or osteoradionecrosis and accompanying infection is substantial. The selective… 
1973
1973
The value of chest wall resection in the treatment of superior sulcus tumors of the lung.
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