Posterolateral thoracotomy is the most frequently used operation in thoracic surgery.
Clotted hemothoraces were successfully evacuated in 561 (5.49%) firearm injury cases, 69 (12.56%) bomb blast injuries, and 14 (19.4%) drone attack injuries through
posterolateral thoracotomy.
In this case, the patient had the operation of lobectomy by a standard
posterolateral thoracotomy. Most patients with this disease have a favorable outcome after a complete resection.[4] Metastasis of low-grade MEC of lung is rare, and low-grade MECs have a much better prognosis than high-grade carcinomas,[5] with a 5-year survival rate of 95%.
Suemasu, "Difference in the impairment of vital capacity and 6-minute walking after a lobectomy performed by thoracoscopic surgery, an anterior limited thoracotomy, an anteroaxillary thoracotomy, and a
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The excision of the mass was planned and a left
posterolateral thoracotomy was realized.
The patient was treated with total thyroidectomy, radical neck dissection, and mediastinal lymph node resection by right
posterolateral thoracotomy, followed by postoperative radioiodine ablation.
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posterolateral thoracotomy was continued at the level of the seventh intercostal space, with the hemidiaphragm being thinned, although with moderate thickness of muscle fibers (Figure 8).
An emergent right
posterolateral thoracotomy was done under the suspicion of inferior vena cava injury in a relatively stable hemodynamic condition after resuscitation.
The various surgical approaches to mediastinal masses include mediastinoscopy, Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), anterior thoracotomy, median sternotomy, and standard
posterolateral thoracotomy. Of these, Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) is advantageous for evaluation and treatment of mediastinal masses.
A posterior mediastinal mass was diagnosed, and the patient was prepared for right
posterolateral thoracotomy. During this operation, a cystic mass containing brownish liquid in the posterior mediastinum was observed.
The procedure usually constitutes a bullectomy followed by pleurectomy and pleural abrasion in the manner noted above via
posterolateral thoracotomy with the patient in the lateral decubitus position.