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1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. sanoa-tky@umin.ac.jp
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|March 29, 2011
Abstract:
A 71-year-old man who had undergone chest wall resection and reconstruction with a Dacron mesh silicone prosthesis for chondrosarcoma 23 years previously presented with a chest wall hematoma. Since the hematoma was found to increase in size over time, we performed an operation to achieve hemostasis. Operative findings showed that the prosthesis had separated into three sheets.
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