Objectives: Malignant neoplasms infiltrating the chest wall often requires resection of the thoracic wall. To replace the defect, Gore-Tex (R) is usually employed as the gold standard material, however, Gore-Tex (R) is inert and not degradable. Novel materials are nowadays available which allow a full bio-integration due to their non-toxic degradability. Additionally, stem cell seeding has the capacity to reduce inflammatory response towards such grafts, thus integrating it better into the host organism. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.