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thoracotomy

[ UK /θˌɔːɹɐkˈɒtəmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity

How To Use thoracotomy In A Sentence

  • Techniques for pleurodesis include thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, chest tube insertion, and thoracentesis.
  • He underwent a thoracotomy and open decortication and was discharged to home 5 days later.
  • A posterolateral thoracotomy was performed and the chest was entered through the fifth interspace, with the left lung collapsed.
  • Doctors recommend surgery for lung cancer only when they believe that the surgeon will be able to remove every cancer cell from the body and only if they deem the patient strong enough to survive a highly invasive thoracotomy. Raymond Carver
  • The patient was subsequently referred to our hospital, where he underwent thoracotomy with left upper lobectomy and partial pericardiectomy.
  • Objective To observe the theraputic effect of esophagectomy without thoracotomy in elder patients with esophageal and cardial carcinoma.
  • The anesthesia care provider then anesthetizes and intubates the patient, after which the surgeon performs prethoracotomy bronchoscopy.
  • A left posterolateral thoracotomy was performed in the 5th intercostal space.
  • The anesthesia care provider then anesthetizes and intubates the patient, after which the surgeon performs prethoracotomy bronchoscopy.
  • In this operation, known as a thoracotomy, an incision was made between a pair of Clinton’s ribs, and doctors spread them apart to make room for the insertion of surgical instruments that peeled off tissue surrounding the scar tissue and then the hard, rubbery rind. The Comeback Id
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