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Thoracotomy
Known as:
Incision of Thorax
, Incision of chest wall
, thoracostomy
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Surgical incision into the chest wall.
National Institutes of Health
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Chest
Educational aspects
Extrapleural drainage
Subdivision of thorax
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Narrower (1)
Exploratory thoracotomy
Broader (1)
Surgical incisions
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy with or without surgical resection for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase III randomised controlled trial
K. Albain
,
R. Swann
,
+17 authors
James D. Cox
The Lancet
2009
Corpus ID: 8222185
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Prediction of chronic post-operative pain: Pre-operative DNIC testing identifies patients at risk
D. Yarnitsky
,
Y. Crispel
,
+5 authors
M. Granot
Pain
2008
Corpus ID: 26513812
Review
2006
Review
2006
Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: experience with 1,100 cases.
R. Mckenna
,
W. Houck
,
C. Fuller
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
2006
Corpus ID: 9445289
Review
2006
Review
2006
A comparison of the analgesic efficacy and side-effects of paravertebral vs epidural blockade for thoracotomy--a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
R. Davies
,
P. Myles
,
J. Graham
British Journal of Anaesthesia
2006
Corpus ID: 36504608
Epidural analgesia is considered by many to be the best method of pain relief after major surgery. It is used routinely in many…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Effectiveness of positron emission tomography in the preoperative assessment of patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer: the PLUS multicentre randomised trial
H. Tinteren
,
O. Hoekstra
,
+11 authors
G. J. Teule
The Lancet
2002
Corpus ID: 41889712
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Early Lung Cancer Action Project: overall design and findings from baseline screening
C. Henschke
,
D. McCauley
,
+8 authors
James P. Smith
The Lancet
1999
Corpus ID: 32737974
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Acute pain after thoracic surgery predicts long-term post-thoracotomy pain.
J. Katz
,
Marla Jackson
,
B. Kavanagh
,
A. Sandler
The Clinical Journal of Pain
1996
Corpus ID: 12017534
OBJECTIVE Long-term pain is a common sequela of thoracotomy, occurring in approximately 50% of patients 2 years after thoracic…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Lobectomy : video-assisted thoracic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy : a randomized trial. Discussion
T. Kirby
,
Michael J. Mack
,
R. Landreneau
,
T. Rice
,
J. Locicero
,
R. Lewis
1995
Corpus ID: 36394855
Video-assisted thoracic surgery has been adopted by some thoracic surgeons as the preferred approach over thoracotomy for many…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Postoperative pain-related morbidity: video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy.
R. Landreneau
,
S. Hazelrigg
,
+11 authors
P. Ferson
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
1993
Corpus ID: 23000580
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Pressor effects of circulating endothelin are limited by its removal in the pulmonary circulation and by the release of prostacyclin and endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
G. Nucci
,
R. Thomas
,
+4 authors
J. Vane
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1988
Corpus ID: 21583778
Endothelin releases prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 from guinea pig or rat isolated lungs and endothelium-derived relaxing factor…
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