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Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases

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There is a broad spectrum of pathologies that can affect the chest wall and we can divide them in 3 main groups: congenital malformations, traumatic injuries and neoplastic diseases. In this chapter we will describe the surgical techniques applied to this.

Marco Scarci and Benedetta Bedetti contributed equally to the preparation of this book chapter.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy

    Marco Scarci

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Malteser Hospital, Bonn, Germany

    Benedetta Bedetti & Joachim Schmidt

  3. Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Luca Bertolaccini

  4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

    Davide Patrini

  5. Department of Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Fabrizio Minervini

  6. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Piergiorgio Solli

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  3. Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Scarci, M. et al. (2020). Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases. In: Nistor, C.E., Tsui, S., Kırali, K., Ciuche, A., Aresu, G., Kocher, G.J. (eds) Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40679-0_20

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