Plastic surgery in chest wall reconstruction: relevant aspects - case series.

Objective: to discuss the participation of Plastic Surgery in the reconstruction of the chest wall, highlighting relevant aspects of interdisciplinaryness.

Methods: we analyzed charts from 20 patients who underwent extensive resection of the thoracic integument, between 2000 and 2014, recording the indication of resection, the extent and depth of the raw areas, types of reconstructions performed and complications.

Results: among the 20 patients, averaging 55 years old, five were males and 15 females.

Use en autologous plasma in abdominoplasty: previous note.

Autologous plasma began to be studied in the 90's, mainly because its adhesive and angiogenic properties and the presence of growth factors of platelet origin. In fact, plasma can be isolated from autologous manner, from the patient's own blood and obtained in its two parts: a high concentration of platelets (platelet-rich plasma - PRP) and one with low concentration of platelets (platelet-poor plasma - PPP). The present study is in development at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ-HUCFF) and Marcilio Dias Naval Hospital (HNMD), both in Rio de Janeiro.