Table 2.

Details of histopathology, resection, reconstruction, margins, and recurrences

No.	Age/sex	Histopathology	Site of the tumour	Type of resection	Size of the defect (cm2)	Reconstruction		Margin status	Local recurrence (Y/N)
						Skeletal	Soft tissue
1	27/f	Fibromatosis	Body of sternum	Partial	110	-	PM flap	Negative	N
2	39/m	Spindle cell sarcoma	Whole sternum	Total	96	Rigid fixation	PM flap	Negative	N
3	26/m	Chondrosarcoma	Manubrium	Partial	42	Mesh + ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
4	23/m	Benign angiomatous lesion	Manubrium	Partial	68	Mesh + ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
5	15/f	Enchondroma	Manubrium	Partial	27.5	Mesh + ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
6	57/m	Metastatic renal cell carcinoma	Manubrium	Partial	45	ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
7	49/m	Sarcomatoid carcinoma	Manubrium	Partial	72	ICS	LD flap	Negative	N
8	47/m	Metastatic thyroid carcinoma	Manubrium	Partial	81	-	PM flap	Negative	N
9	42/m	Dermatofibrosarcoma	Body of sternum	Partial	165	-	LD flap	Negative	N
10	50/m	Metastatic thyroid carcinoma	Manubrium	Partial	90	ICS	PM flap	Positive	Y*
11	35/f	Chondrosarcoma	Manubrium	Partial	50	ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
12	21/m	Chondroblastoma	Manubrium	Partial	56	ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
13	27/m	Chondrosarcoma	Manubrium	Partial	110	ICS	PM flap	Negative	N
14	57/m	Metastatic thyroid carcinoma	Manubrium	Partial	42	ICS	PM flap	Negative	N

ICS, interclavicular stitch; PM, pectoralis major; LD, latissimus dorsi

Rigid fixation—methyl methacrylate sandwich with Prolene mesh

*The only recurrence in a patient with positive margins