Autogenous rib graft for reconstruction of sternal defects

Those who have undergone sternum resection need graft to stabilize the sternum with steel wire, titanium mesh or polypropylene mesh. The current study reports a case of using autogenous rib graft to reconstruct the sternum after resection. A 53-year-old man, whose chest computed tomography (CT) identified expansive lesions and the presence of osteocytes lesions in the sternum, with no apparent involvement of the mediastina structures, come to our medical center due to pain and a lump of the anterior chest wall. The patient underwent tumor radical resection and sternal reconstruction with autogenous rib graft, and the histopathological examination of the surgical specimen determined the diagnosis of osteosarcoma. The patient has recovered well after the surgery.