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Indication and Results of Thoracic Surgical Procedures in Premature Infants

1991
This analysis concerns three groups of malformations: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, patent ductus arteriosus, and oesophageal atresia. We registered a total mortality rate for all congenital diaphragmatic hernias and defects of 28.5%; the rate in full-term neonates was 27.6% and in premature infants 33.6%.
E, Ring-Mrozik, W C, Hecker, C, Hutterer, D, Hofmann   +3 more
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Thoracotomy as the Surgical Route for Synchronous Thoracic and Non-thoracic Procedures

2020
Thoracic incisions may also offer exposure and to other anatomic cavities or spaces apart the thoracic cavity. This is not the case with other incisions, like an abdominal midline incision which offers limited access only to the abdominal cavity, and in order to include other cavities or spaces a second incision is needed.
Achilleas G. Lioulias, Michail D. Tsimpinos, Meletios A. Kanakis   +2 more
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[Thoracic surgery: the major surgical procedures].

Journal de radiologie, 2009
The most frequent thoracic surgeries are performed for the treatment of primary lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma. For lung cancer, the standard procedures are pneumonectomy and lobectomy with associated mediastinal lymphadenectomy. In order to avoid pneumonectomy, extended lobectomy with sleeve bronchoplasty and/or angioplasty can be done.
J, Mouroux, N, Venissac, D, Pop, S, Nadeemy   +3 more
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Thoracic complications of dental surgical procedures: Hazards of the dental drill

The American Journal of Medicine, 1993
Dental surgical procedures occasionally result in intrathoracic complications that may subsequently be encountered by clinicians. We report four patients with such complications, including pneumomediastinum, fatal descending necrotizing mediastinitis, and Lemierre's syndrome.
E W, Ely, T E, Stump, A S, Hudspeth, E F, Haponik   +3 more
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Thoracoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic Spine: Experience with 241 Surgical Procedures

Neurosurgery, 2002
Abstract INTRODUCTION Microsurgical thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine allow access to the spinal cord, spinal nerves, disc spaces, vertebral bodies, paravertebral soft tissues, and sympathetic chain with minimal invasiveness. METHODS
Patrick P, Han, Kathy, Kenny, Curtis A, Dickman   +2 more
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Development of less invasive surgical procedures for thoracic esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus, 2004
In order to minimize the invasiveness of the operative procedure for thoracic esophageal cancer, several procedures have been introduced since January 1997. They included: (i) perioperative use of steroids; (ii) muscle-sparing thoracotomy without costectomy; (iii) preparation of the gastric tube with preservation of sufficient blood supply; (iv ...
S, Okazumi, T, Ochiai, H, Shimada, H, Matsubara, Y, Nabeya, Y, Miyazawa, T, Shiratori, T, Aoki, M, Sugaya   +8 more
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Functional Operability in Thoracic Surgical Procedures

1989
The bronchopulmonary system, like most other organ systems in the body, possesses a significant functional reserve. This is most apparent during exercise, when the pulmonary tidal volume and oxygen consumption can increase by a factor of 10–20 over basal values.
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Chylothorax: an omnipresent reality in thoracic surgical procedures.

Journal of the National Medical Association, 1987
Loss of integrity of the thoracic duct will produce a chylous thoracic effusion. latrogenic chylothorax occurring during an intrathoracic surgical procedure in the vicinity of the thoracic duct is an omnipresent reality. The fluid is characteristically milky in appearance, sterile, and high in fat content.There seems to be a general agreement that ...
V E, Ajanwachuku, S M, Siram, O G, Warner, L D, Leffall   +3 more
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Thoracic surgical procedures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The Journal of rheumatology, 2005
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a variety of pleuropulmonary manifestations, some of which require surgical intervention. We investigated the spectrum of indications and results, as well as outcome associated with thoracic surgical procedures in rheumatoid patients.Identification and retrospective review of medical records of 100 patients ...
Sean M, Caples, James P, Utz, Mark S, Allen, Jay H, Ryu   +3 more
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Thoracic Surgical Procedures

2012
Erica R. Gross, Robert A. Cowles
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