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thoracotomy
[thor″ah-kot´ah-me]Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
tho·ra·cot·o·my
(thō'ră-kot'ŏ-mē),Incision through the chest wall into the pleural space.
Synonym(s): pleurotomy
[thoraco- + G. tomē, incision]
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thoracotomy
(thôr′ə-kŏt′ə-mē)n. pl. thoracoto·mies
Surgical incision of the chest wall.
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thoracotomy
Surgery An operation to open the chest and to directly access the mediastinum to visualize, biopsy, or treat Indications Lesions inaccessible by, or too large for, mediastinoscopy or mediastinotomy; open cardiac massage. See Mediastinoscopy, Mediastinotomy, Open lung biopsy.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
tho·ra·cot·o·my
(thōr'ă-kot'ŏ-mē)Incision into the chest wall.
Synonym(s): pleurotomy.
Synonym(s): pleurotomy.
[thoraco- + G. tomē, incision]
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thoracotomy
(thō″răk-ŏt′ō-mē) [″ + tome, incision]Surgical incision of the chest wall.
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thoracotomy
A surgical opening in the chest wall made to gain access to the interior. Most thoracotomies are made between the ribs but access to the heart usually involves splitting the breastbone vertically and prizing the halves apart.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Thoracotomy
Open chest surgery.
Mentioned in: Thoracoscopy
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