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	Thoracotomy - Definition, Purpose, Demographics, Description, Diagnosis/Preparation, Aftercare, Risks, Normal results
		Thoracotomy allows for study of the condition of the lungs; removal of a lung or part of a lung; removal of a rib; and examination, treatment, or removal of any organs in the chest cavity.
		Thoracotomy may be performed to diagnose or treat a variety of conditions; therefore, no data exist as to the overall incidence of the procedure.
		Thoracotomy may be performed by a thoracic surgeon, a medical doctor who has completed surgical training in the areas of general surgery and surgery of the chest area, or an emergency room physician (in the case of emergency thoracotomy).
	www.surgeryencyclopedia.com /St-Wr/Thoracotomy.html (1559 words)

	TRAUMA.ORG: Emergency Deparment Thoracotomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first successful 'prehospital' thoracotomy and cardiac repair was carried out by Hill on a kitchen table in Montgomery, Alabama in 1902.
		Emergency department thoracotomy is a life-saving procedure in a select group of patients.
		There is a significant amount of published data on the indications for and outcomes of resuscitative thoracotomy.
	www.trauma.org /thoracic/EDTintro.html (294 words)

	Lung surgery (thoracotomy) for lung cancer
		Thoracotomy surgery involves making a cut in the side of your chest between your ribs.
		Survival rates for the VATS method are about the same as those for an open thoracotomy for early-stage lung cancer.
		However, after 5 years, the VATS method survival rates are not as good as those for a thoracotomy.
	www.webmd.com /hw/lung_cancer/tw9328.asp (948 words)

	Radio Frequency Ablation [RFA], Cryosurgery, VATS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		VATS is less invasive than thoracotomy, but has a limit to the size of the tissue that can be removed [tumors 3mc or under, usually].
		There is a place for VATS, RFA and thoracotomy, all of them, in the treatment of metastatic disease of the lung.
		thoracotomy is mandatory in the surgical approach of pulmonary metastases.
	www.leiomyosarcoma.org.uk /rfa.htm (4944 words)

	Sternal approximation for bilateral anterolateral transsternal thoracotomy for lung transplantation.
		Sternal approximation for bilateral anterolateral transsternal thoracotomy for lung transplantation.
		The traditional incision for bilateral sequential lung transplantation is the bilateral anterolateral transsternal thoracotomy with approximation of the sternal fragments with interrupted stainless steel wire loops; this technique may be associated with an unacceptable incidence of postoperative sternal disruption causing chronic pain and deformity.
		Approximation of the sternal ends was achieved with peristernal cables that passed behind the sternum two intercostal spaces above and below the sternal division, which were then passed through metal sleeves in front of the sternum, the cables tensioned, and the sleeves then crimped.
	lungtransplant.researchtoday.net /archive/1/1/212.htm (306 words)

	Thoracotomy: Lung Surgery Patient's Guide
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		Then the rib cage is repaired and the muscle and skin are closed with sutures or staples.
		> Next: Thoracotomy: To Family and Friends: Waiting During Surgery
	www.cts.usc.edu /lpg-thoracotomy-thethoracotomyprocedure.html (141 words)

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