"Thoracic Wall" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The outer margins of the thorax containing SKIN, deep FASCIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; RIBS; STERNUM; and MUSCLES.
| Descriptor ID |
D035441
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.923.761.850
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Wall" by people in Profiles.
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Robotic-Assisted Approaches to Chest Wall Resection: Considerations and Operative Techniques. Thorac Surg Clin. 2026 May; 36(2):125-131.
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Large, ulcerated infantile hemangioma of the chest wall complicated by life-threatening hemorrhage: Case report and literature review. Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 41(5):866-870.
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Anterior Chest Wall Reconstruction After Separation of Thoraco-Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins With Cadaveric Rib Grafts and Omental Flap. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 12 01; 91(6):753-757.
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Management and outcomes of chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 07; 70(7):e30357.
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Robotic First Rib Resection and Robotic Chest Wall Resection. Thorac Surg Clin. 2023 Feb; 33(1):71-79.
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The Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Reporting Studies of Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures. Injury. 2021 Jun; 52(6):1241-1250.
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External Cardioversion-Defibrillation with Pushing Down on the Chest Wall to Increase the Success Rate in Obese Patients. Am J Case Rep. 2020 Nov 16; 21:e927009.
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Research priorities in chest wall injury: A modified Delphi approach. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 10; 89(4):e106-e111.
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Preoperative prediction of unresectability in malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 06; 159(6):2512-2520.e1.
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Endovascular repair of large intercostal artery patch aneurysm using branch stent-graft in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb; 159(2):e95-e99.