Table 1. Type of diseases and materials used for chest wall stabilization and reconstruction.

Treated diseases [No. of patients]	Materials used
Traumatic chest wall disease [15]	Plates
Neoplastic chest wall disease [11]
Chondrosarcoma [2]	Plates + mersilene mesh
Plasmocytoma [1]	Plates
Secondary lung cancer [5]	Plates + mersilene mesh (in one + pectoralis major m.)
Secondary bladder carcinoma [1]	Plates + latissimus dorsi m. flap
Secondary breast cancer [1]	Plates + mersilene mesh + latissimus dorsi m. flap
Secondary liver carcinoma [1]	Plates + mersilene mesh + serratus anterior m. + abdominal external oblique m.
Malformative chest wall disease: Poland syndrome [1]	Plates + mersilene mesh + latissimus dorsi m. flap

Plates, Synthes^® titanium plates system; m., muscle.