Boffa, MD, an associate professor of thoracic surgery at Yale School of Medicine ... many surgeons reserve thoracotomy for patients with challenging tumor or anatomic attributes, and these ...

In an invited commentary by three MDs from the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, titled "Racing Against Time in Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest," the practical ...

During the procedure, the patient is positioned on their side, and an S-shaped thoracotomy incision is made ... Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Zellos L (eds). Adult Chest Surgery. New ...

Emergency surgery is the most effective treatment ... specialized teams outside a meaningful time frame for resuscitative thoracotomy," the trio noted. The retrospective cohort study covered ...

Patients who have underlying emphysema have an epidural catheter placed before surgery and sometimes during the procedure. The operation for bleb resection can be done via mini-thoracotomy or ...