Thoracotomy
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Subject Areas on Research
- "Hybrid" repair of aneurysms of the transverse aortic arch: midterm results.
- 1985: left thoracotomy for reoperative coronary artery bypass procedures. 1993 update.
- A cost-minimisation analysis of lobectomy: thoracoscopic versus posterolateral thoracotomy.
- A young male with history of alcohol abuse with opacified left hemithorax and massive hemoptysis.
- Aortic valve replacement via right minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy: a propensity score analysis.
- Balance of proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines at thoracic cancer operation.
- Boy With Fever and Cough.
- Carboplatin, etoposide, and radiotherapy, followed by surgery, for the treatment of marginally resectable non-small cell lung cancer.
- Cardiac implantable electronic device lead extraction in patients with underlying infection using open thoracotomy or percutaneous techniques.
- Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. Left atrial myxoma.
- Clinical experience with sternotomy versus subcostal approach for exchange of the HeartMate XVE to the HeartMate II ventricular assist device. Invited commentary.
- Combined TMR and mitral valve replacement via left thoracotomy.
- Comparison of port access to sternotomy in tricuspid or mitral/tricuspid operations.
- Comparison of upper limit of vulnerability and defibrillation probability of success curves using a nonthoracotomy lead system.
- Data from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery database: the surgical management of primary lung tumors.
- Development of a simplified spinal cord ischemia model in mice.
- Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications?
- Early Experience with a Novel Cannulation Strategy for Left Ventricular Decompression during Nonpostcardiotomy Venoarterial ECMO.
- Efficacy of mediastinal lymph node dissection during lobectomy for lung cancer by thoracoscopy and thoracotomy.
- Emergent thoracotomy for airway control after intrathoracic tracheal injury.
- Exploratory thoracotomy for nonresectable lung cancer.
- Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer.
- Fewer complications result from a video-assisted approach to anatomic resection of clinical stage I lung cancer.
- Influence of epicardial patches on defibrillation threshold with nonthoracotomy lead configurations.
- Intraoperative techniques to prevent air leaks.
- Intrathoracic desmoid tumor: brief report and review of literature.
- Invited commentary.
- Less is more: a shift in the surgical approach to non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Lobectomy by Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery or Muscle-Sparing Thoracotomy for Stage 1 Lung Cancer: Could Cost-Effectiveness Give the Answer?
- Long-term follow-up assessment of a phase 1 trial of angiogenic gene therapy using direct intramyocardial administration of an adenoviral vector expressing the VEGF121 cDNA for the treatment of diffuse coronary artery disease.
- Long-term survival following open versus thoracoscopic lobectomy after preoperative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer.
- Lymph node evaluation by open or video-assisted approaches in 11,500 anatomic lung cancer resections.
- Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair: Direct Aortic Cannulation Via Right 2nd Intercostal Space.
- Minimally invasive edge-to-edge mitral repair with or without artificial chordae.
- Minimally invasive right lateral thoracotomy without aortic cross-clamping: an attractive alternative to repeat sternotomy for reoperative mitral valve surgery.
- Minimally invasive tricuspid operation using port access.
- Mitral surgery after prior cardiac operation: port-access versus sternotomy or thoracotomy.
- Mitral valve operation via Port Access versus median sternotomy.
- Mitral valve surgery and acute renal injury: port access versus median sternotomy.
- Odontogenic Infection Complicated by Acute Descending Mediastinitis and Pericardial Effusion: A Life-Threatening Migration Path.
- Pain management strategies for thoracotomy and thoracic pain syndromes.
- Patterns of disease failure after trimodality therapy of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma pathologic stage IIIA (N2). Analysis of Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol 8935.
- Perioperative Ketamine Administration for Thoracotomy Pain.
- Perioperative complications with costotransversectomy and anterior approaches to thoracic and thoracolumbar tumors.
- Phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy with thoracotomy in the treatment of clinically staged IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
- Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy.
- Pulmonary flow study predicts survival in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries.
- Pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic malignant melanoma.
- Pulmonary segmentectomy by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy: reduced hospital length of stay with a minimally-invasive approach.
- Quality of life and survival after II stage nonsmall cell carcinoma surgery: Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy lobectomy.
- Results of 141 consecutive minimally invasive tricuspid valve operations: an 11-year experience.
- Right Minithoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Surgery: A Propensity Matched Study.
- Right thoracotomy for reoperative right coronary artery bypass procedures.
- Robotic-assisted or minithoracotomy incision for left ventricular lead placement: a single-surgeon, single-center experience.
- Short-term outcomes after esophagectomy at 164 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals: effect of operative approach and hospital-level variation.
- Small neuroendocrine lesions in intrathoracic lymph nodes of patients with primary lung adenocarcinoma: real metastasis?
- Sternal plating for the treatment of sternal nonunion.
- Surgical Technique for Replacement of Centrifugal Left Ventricular Assist Device Through a Left Thoracotomy.
- Surgically placed left ventricular leads provide similar outcomes to percutaneous leads in patients with failed coronary sinus lead placement.
- Surviving a transfixing cardiac injury caused by a stingray barb.
- The safety and versatility of video-thoracoscopy: a prospective analysis of 895 consecutive cases.
- Thoracic duct ligation for persistent chylothorax after pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.
- Thoracoscopic approach to lobectomy for lung cancer does not compromise oncologic efficacy.
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy facilitates the delivery of chemotherapy after resection for lung cancer.
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy has increasing benefit in patients with poor pulmonary function: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis.
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity compared with thoracotomy.
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients receiving induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer.
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients with stage I lung cancer.
- Use of Adjuncts Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Value of intraoperative pleural lavage in staging non-small cell lung cancer.
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery in the elderly. A review of 307 cases.
- Virtual reality bringing a new reality to postthoracotomy lung cancer patients via a home-based exercise intervention targeting fatigue while undergoing adjuvant treatment.
- eComment: The value of the correct diagnosis is not inferior to the efficiency of the appropriate treatment.
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Keywords of People
- Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
- Warner, David Samuel, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, in the School of Medicine, Neurobiology