Abstract
Due to the limited exposure, technical challenges, and postoperative pain of thoracic spine surgery, open thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The modified French-window thoracotomy approach with the aid of a thoracoscope is a useful technique for approaching diseases of the anterior spinal. This approach allows for specific exposure of the spine with a reduction in postoperative pain, morbidity, and mortality and avoids the limitations of VATS.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 523-525 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Morbidity
- Spine
- Thoracic surgery
- Thoracotomy
- Video-assisted
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Modified French-window thoracotomy for exposure of the anterior thoracic spine. / David, Elizabeth; Gaffey, Ann C.; Mason, Robert Bryan; Marshall, Margaret Blair.
In: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 12, No. 4, 01.04.2011, p. 523-525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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