Muscle sparing lateral thoracotomy: the standard incision for thoracic procedures

Lateral thoracotomy is a versatile approach with many variations and is currently the most widely used incision in thoracic surgery. In the current article we are presenting the muscle-sparing lateral thoracotomy in the lateral decubitus position which we consider to be the “standard” for lateral th...

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Main Authors: Mihai Dumitrescu, Andrei Bobocea, Ioan Cordos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Digital ProScholar Media 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.proscholar.org/jcis/archive/2017/21/6065.pdf