The most difficult was a right thoracotomy in September 1996 to take out two tumors in his right lung.
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London s Air Ambulance was the first service in the world to perform open heart surgery ( thoracotomy ) at the roadside.
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"It's a slow healing process and he's in some degree of pain from the thoracotomy,"
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The chief of thoracic surgery, Benjamin L . Aaron, decided to perform a thoracotomy lasting 105 minutes because the bleeding persisted.
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Traditionally, thoracic surgery performed for diagnosis or treatment of chest conditions has required access to the chest through thoracotomy or sternotomy incisions.
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Sternotomy and thoracotomy have been proven over decades to provide highly effective means of access to thoracic structures and in general are tolerated by patients.
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When performed as a primary therapy, it is done through a small incision between the ribs ( thoracotomy ) with the patient under general anesthesia.
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As early as 1994-99 he performed several repairs of Atrial spetal defects through a small anterior thoracotomy in young girls for better cosmetic results.
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A less invasive option for treatment is endovascular repair, which does not require open thoracotomy and can be safer for people with other injuries to organs.
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The results from VATS-based pleural abrasion are slightly worse than those achieved using thoracotomy in the short term, but produce smaller scars in the skin.
