Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

Primary sternal chondrosarcoma: a case report of a rare chest wall tumor requiring prosthetic reconstruction with complicated postoperative wound healing

Michał Miciak 1
,
Maciej Rutkiewicz 2
,
Małgorzata Ruban 3
,
Marek Jakowczyk 4
,
Grzegorz J. Stępień 5
,
Szymon Pietrzyk 1
,
Piotr Błasiak 4

  1. Department and Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

  2. Lower Silesian Thoracic Surgery Center, Lower Silesian Center of Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology, Wroclaw, Poland

  3. Division of Anesthetic and Surgical Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery; Lower Silesian Thoracic Surgery Center, Lower Silesian Center of Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology, Wroclaw, Poland

  4. Department and Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University; Lower Silesian Thoracic Surgery Center, Lower Silesian Center of Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology, Wroclaw, Poland

  5. University Clinical Hospital No. 2 of the Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (3)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2026.164361
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/02
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