Crackles can be heard in patients with pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, acute bronchitis, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease or post thoracotomy or metastasis ablation.
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Anterolateral thoracotomy, like most surgical incisions, requires the use of tissue retractors in this case, a " rib spreader " such as the Tuffier retractor.
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For resuscitative thoracotomy to be indicated, signs of life must also be present, including cardiac electrical activity and a systolic blood pressure > 70 mm Hg.
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Bilateral anterolateral thoracotomy combined with transverse sternotomy results in the "'" clamshell " incision "', the largest incision commonly used in thoracic surgery.
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Compared to open thoracotomy, VATS offers a shorter in-hospital stays, less need for postoperative pain control, and a reduced risk of lung problems after surgery.
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Furthermore, complications such as pleural effusion or hemothorax can occur if the chest tubes fail to drain the fluid around the lung in the pleural space after a thoracotomy.
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In the long term post operatively chronic pain can develop known as thoracotomy pain syndrome, this can last from a few years to a lifetime of continued pain and discomfort.
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Recipients of this typically suffered infection at the entrance of the electrodes, which led to the subsequent trial of the first internal pacemaker, with electrodes attached to the myocardium by thoracotomy.
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In addition to the laparotomy to access the retrohepatic space, a thoracotomy is necessary to find the atrium so that the stent-usually a 36 French chest tube-can be inserted.
