A thoracotomy is when a surgeon goes between your ribs to get to your heart, lungs, or esophagus to diagnose or treat an illness. It's a major operation, and doctors usually don’t use it if ...

Thoracotomy is often a last-ditch effort when trying to resuscitate a patient who has suffered trauma. What are risks vs benefits of attempting this procedure?

Early thoracotomy should be carried out in the treatment of this frequently fatal condition. Notes * Presented at a meeting of the Upstate Thoracic Society, Saranac Lake, New York, July 24, 1954.

The same should be true for minimally invasive resections for stage I lung cancer. It is time to recognize that a thoracotomy and lobectomy for routine early-stage lung cancer can no longer be ...

Chronic post-thoracotomy pain syndrome is defined as pain that recurs or persists along a thoracotomy incision for at least 2 months following surgery. It can occur in more than 50% of cases.1 ...

Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy was feasible for traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in a mature, physician-led, urban system and was associated with improved survival, particularly when ...

Here’s what the team discovered when they dug deeper: From 2002 to 2008, the VATS approach did not confer an increased risk of mortality over thoracotomy (hazard ratio [HR] 0.97, 95% confidence ...

Chronic post-thoracotomy pain syndrome is defined as pain that recurs or persists along a thoracotomy incision for at least 2 months following surgery. It can occur in more than 50% of cases.1 ...

Although its cause is disputed, shoulder pain is common following thoracotomy, occurring in 75 per cent of patients (Tan et al, 2002). Surgery involves placing patients in the lateral position, with ...