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Apical axillary thoracotomy [PDF]

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003
1 Because of the limited exposure provided by apical axillary thoracotomy, double lumen intubation is strongly recommended when working through this incision. The patient is positioned in a lateral decubitus with the ipsilateral axilla exposed. This position can be accomplished by abducting the shoulder at or just above 90 degrees and flexing the elbow
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A prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study of analgesia and outcome after pneumonectomy [PDF]

, 2011
Background Meta-analysis and systematic reviews of epidural compared with paravertebral blockade analgesia techniques for thoracotomy conclude that although the analgesia is comparable, paravertebral blockade has a better short-term side-effect profile ...
Berry, C., Bowler, G. M. R., Brown, V., Cook, D., Davies, P., Dhallu, T., Foley, M., Forrest, M., Gilbert, M., Giri, R., Kendall, J., Knowles, A., Latter, J., Lee, G., Macfie, A., McCulloch, B., Mills, R., Mitchell, J., Naidu, Babu V., Nel, L., Nelson, J., Pardeshi, L., Pearce, A. C., Powell, E. S., Smith, F. Gao (Fang Gao), Stockwell, M., Strachan, L., Woodall, N., Woodward, D.   +28 more
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Surgical Approaches to Neuroblastoma: Review of the Operative Techniques

Children, 2021
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most commonly occurring soft-tissue malignancy of childhood. Surgery plays an important role in multidisciplinary treatment and its principal aim is a local control of the disease, respecting the integrity of the surrounding ...
Federica Fati, Rebecca Pulvirenti, Irene Paraboschi, Giuseppe Martucciello   +3 more
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Creation of ventricular septal defects on the beating heart in a new pig model [PDF]

, 2008
Background/ Aims: So far, surgical and interventional therapies for muscular ventricular septal defects ( mVSDs) beyond the moderator band have had their limitations. Thus, alternative therapeutic strategies should be developed.
Aumann, R., Hinterseer, M., Kozlik-Feldmann, R., Lang, N., Netz, H., Rassoulian, D., Schmitz, C., Sodian, R.   +7 more
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Use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as an adjunctive to epidural analgesia in the management of acute thoracotomy pain

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2010
The present randomized study was conducted in our institute of pulmonary medicine and tuberculosis over a period of 1 year. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as an adjunctive to thoracic ...
Alka Chandra, Jayant N Banavaliker, Pradeep K Das, Sheel Hasti   +3 more
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Are Extensive Open Lung Resections for Elderly Patients with Lung Cancer Justified?

Current Oncology, 2023
Background: Older patients with malignancies are more comorbid than younger ones and are usually undertreated only because of their age. The aim of this study is to investigate the safety of open anatomical lung resections for lung cancer in elderly ...
Nikolaos Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Vasileios Leivaditis, Michail Galanis, Dimitrios Dougenis   +4 more
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic versus open thoracotomy lobectomy: a Swedish nationwide cohort study.

Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2018
Background The aim of this nationwide observational cohort study was to investigate the early postoperative complications and long-term survival following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy compared to open thoracotomy lobectomy for ...
Mamdoh Al-Ameri, Per Bergman, A. Franco-Cereceda, U. Sartipy   +3 more
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Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study [PDF]

, 2018
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA ...
de Coverly, Richard, Jeyanathan, J, Lyon, Richard M., Prentice, C., Williams, Julia   +4 more
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A meta-analysis of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) or open aortic cross-clamping by resuscitative thoracotomy in non-compressible torso hemorrhage patients

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2017
BackgroundThe objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the effect of REBOA, compared to resuscitative thoracotomy, on mortality and among non-compressible torso hemorrhage trauma patients.MethodsRelevant articles were ...
R. Manzano Nunez, M. P. Naranjo, E. Foianini, Paula Ferrada, E. Rincón, H. García-Perdomo, Paola Burbano, Juan Pablo Herrera, A. García, C. Ordoñez   +9 more
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Avaliação pós-operatória, através de exame clínico, laboratorial e ultra-sonográfico, de eqüinos submetidos à toracotomia experimental Post operatory evaluation of horses subjected to experimental thoracotomy by means of a complete clinical examination, blood gás analysis, complete blood count and thoracic ultrasonography

Ciência Rural, 1998
Nos trabalhos encontrados na literatura é dada pouca ênfase às conseqüências na cavidade torácica de eqüinos que são submetidos à toracotomia. Também não mencionam a ultra-sonografia como método auxiliar e de controle na avaliação pós-operatória, muitas ...
Raquel Yvonne Arantes Baccarm, José de Alvarenga, Stefano Hagen, Luís Cláudio Lopes Correia da Silva   +3 more
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