I found it necessary to perform a thoracotomy, from which she is recovering.

The surgeons then switched to a more traditional method, a limited thoracotomy.

The treatment for this is a segmentectomy via a thoracotomy.

It is a major thoracic operation requiring a full thoracotomy.

A thoracotomy with or without a videoscope is done to:

Moribund patients will go through an Emergency department thoracotomy.

The surgery is completed by closure of the left thoracotomy wound in layers.

About 5% of cases require surgery, called thoracotomy.

Thoracotomy: An incision (cut) is made between two ribs to check inside the chest for signs of disease.

A formal thoracotomy is rarely, if ever, indicated for the diagnosis or treatment of childhood lymphoma.

Alternatively, the chest surgeon might directly open the chest (thoracotomy).

There are many different approaches to thoracotomy.

A thoracotomy or thoracostomy is an incision into the pleural space of the chest.

The estimated 5-year survival rate after thoracotomy for pulmonary metastasectomy has ranged from 10% to 58% in adult studies.

The most common modalities of thoracotomy follow.

Access was through a left thoracotomy.

After prepping and draping of the left chest a posterolateral thoracotomy is performed.

A thoracotomy was performed in the fifth left intercostal space at the bedside under surgical conditions within 20 min after death.

Lung surgery is called a thoracotomy.

If certain tissues, organs, or lymph nodes can't be reached, a thoracotomy may be done.

Lung surgery (thoracotomy) takes out the cancer.

Surgical pleurodesis may be performed via thoracotomy or thoracoscopy.

In addition to pneumothorax, complications from thoracotomy include air leaks, infection, bleeding and respiratory failure.

In other circumstances the unstable patient is immediately transferred to the operating room for exploration by thoracotomy or sternotomy.

Immediate thoracotomy for penetrating injuries: ten years' experience at a Dutch level I trauma center.