Clinical and surgical outcome following chest wall reconstruction using a novel rigid prosthesis-a single-center experience.

Background: For various reasons, a chest wall resection may be necessary. Large defects in the chest wall and sternum require reconstruction to avoid paradoxical, inadequate breathing, protect underlying structures, and achieve a good functional result. Codubix Methods: We postoperatively collected data from eleven patients (mean age 53 years) who underwent chest wall reconstruction with Codubix Results: Indications for resection were tumors (n=9) and osteomyelitis (n=2) in anterior (n=2), anterolateral (n=7), lateral (n=1), and posterolateral (n=1) locations. The sternum was involved in three patients. Complications included one patient with dislocation due to an initially undersized prosthesis, which was followed by an uneventful reoperation. Functional assessment was performed on nine patients at a median follow-up time of 11 (5.75, 49.5) months. The mean NRS pain score was 1.7±2.2, and the median QuickDASH score was of 6.8. The chest wall was stable in all patients. Dynamic MRI showed symmetric chest wall movement in all but two patients, without observation of paradoxical motion. Conclusions: We observed excellent functional results using Codubix