Sternal Reconstruction Using 3D-Printed Titanium Custom-Made Prosthesis for Sternal Dehiscence After Cardiac Surgery. 2023

Urška Intihar, and Jernej Železnik, and Tomaž Brajlih, and Igor Drstvenšek, and Radovan Hudak, and Miha Antonič
Department for Cardiac Surgery, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. urska.intihar1@gmail.com.

Sternal dehiscence is an important complication that increases mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgery. Titanium plates have been used to reconstruct the chest wall for a long time. However, with the rise of 3D printing technology, a more sophisticated method, is making a breakthrough. Custom-made 3D-printed titanium prostheses are increasingly used in chest wall reconstruction because they allow almost perfect fitting to the patient's chest wall and lead to good functional and cosmetic results. This report presents a complex anterior chest wall reconstruction using a custom-made titanium 3D-printed implant in a patient with a sternal dehiscence after coronary artery bypass surgery. At first, reconstruction of the sternum was performed using conventional methods, which failed to give adequate results. Finally, a 3D-printed titanium custom-made prosthesis was used for the first time in our center. On the short- and mid-term follow up, good functional results were achieved. In conclusion, this method is suitable for sternal reconstruction after complications in the healing process of median sternotomy wounds in cardiac surgery, especially where other methods do not provide satisfactory results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006348 Cardiac Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the heart. Cardiac Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Cardiac Surgical,Procedure, Heart Surgical,Procedures, Cardiac Surgical,Procedures, Heart Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Cardiac,Surgical Procedure, Heart,Surgical Procedures, Cardiac,Surgical Procedures, Heart
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013249 Sternum A long, narrow, and flat bone commonly known as BREASTBONE occurring in the midsection of the anterior thoracic segment or chest region, which stabilizes the rib cage and serves as the point of origin for several muscles that move the arms, head, and neck.
D013529 Surgical Wound Dehiscence Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound. Dehiscence, Surgical Wound,Wound Dehiscence, Surgical
D014025 Titanium A dark-gray, metallic element of widespread distribution but occurring in small amounts with atomic number, 22, atomic weight, 47.867 and symbol, Ti; specific gravity, 4.5; used for fixation of fractures.
D019736 Prostheses and Implants Artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic purposes. Prostheses can be functional, as in the case of artificial arms and legs, or cosmetic, as in the case of an artificial eye. Implants, all surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically. IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL is available for those used experimentally. Implants, Artificial,Prostheses and Implant,Prosthesis,Prosthetic Implant,Endoprostheses,Endoprosthesis,Prostheses,Prosthetic Implants,Artificial Implant,Artificial Implants,Implant and Prostheses,Implant, Artificial,Implant, Prosthetic,Implants and Prostheses,Implants, Prosthetic
D066330 Printing, Three-Dimensional Process for making, building or constructing a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model by laying down many successive thin layers of building material. 3-D Printing,3-Dimensional Printing,3D Printing,Three-Dimensional Printing,3 D Printing,3 Dimensional Printing,3-D Printings,3-Dimensional Printings,3D Printings,Printing, 3-D,Printing, 3-Dimensional,Printing, 3D,Printing, Three Dimensional,Printings, 3-D,Printings, 3-Dimensional,Printings, 3D,Printings, Three-Dimensional,Three Dimensional Printing,Three-Dimensional Printings

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