TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural Failure of the BioBridge Rib Prosthesis After Chest Wall Reconstruction
AU - Haslam, Miranda
AU - Dentcheva, Eva
AU - Shafqat, M. Shuja
AU - Petrov, Roman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Chest wall reconstruction presents a challenging surgical problem with no universally recognized gold standard for the procedure. Various prosthetic and bioprosthetic materials exist for use in chest wall reconstruction, with bioprosthetic materials offering significant advantages in the case of a preoperatively infected surgical field. Here we present a case of the absorbable BioBridge system (Acute Innovations, Hillsboro, OR) used for chest well reconstruction and describe a novel complication of structural failure of the BioBridge plate, involving fracturing of the prosthesis with wound erosion, ultimately requiring reoperation and removal of the device.
AB - Chest wall reconstruction presents a challenging surgical problem with no universally recognized gold standard for the procedure. Various prosthetic and bioprosthetic materials exist for use in chest wall reconstruction, with bioprosthetic materials offering significant advantages in the case of a preoperatively infected surgical field. Here we present a case of the absorbable BioBridge system (Acute Innovations, Hillsboro, OR) used for chest well reconstruction and describe a novel complication of structural failure of the BioBridge plate, involving fracturing of the prosthesis with wound erosion, ultimately requiring reoperation and removal of the device.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.053
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.053
M3 - Article
C2 - 35051400
AN - SCOPUS:85134764897
SN - 0003-4975
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
ER -