Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical incision of the chest wall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the operation of free incision through the thoracic walls. Compare
thoracentesis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical procedure of making an
incision into thechest , normally as a first step to gain access to thethoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and theesophagus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this operation, known as a thoracotomy, an incision was made between a pair of Clinton’s ribs, and doctors spread them apart to make room for the insertion of surgical instruments that peeled off tissue surrounding the scar tissue and then the hard, rubbery rind.
The Comeback Id Purdum, Todd S. 2008
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Ron was a 57 year old psychologist who was scheduled the following morning to have a thoracotomy performed in order to replace his congenitally leaking aortic valve.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Guest Post: Dr. Janine Talty, D. O., M. P. H. 2009
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Ganesh A, Adzick NS, Foster T, Cucchiaro G. Efficacy of addition of fentanyl to epidural bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia after thoracotomy for lung resection in infants.
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation publications 2010
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Ron was a 57 year old psychologist who was scheduled the following morning to have a thoracotomy performed […]
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Our experienced pediatric surgeons can safely perform a thoracotomy and lobectomy in infants with minimal risk of morbidity, and thoracoscopic resection has been performed.
Bronchopulmonary sequestration and Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid 2010
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Doctors recommend surgery for lung cancer only when they believe that the surgeon will be able to remove every cancer cell from the body and only if they deem the patient strong enough to survive a highly invasive thoracotomy.
Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009
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Double-blind studies conducted later by Cobb et al. and Dimond et al. demonstrated that a sham thoracotomy alone could decrease the need for nitroglycerin and increase exercise tolerance and that it produced subjective improvement in more than 35 percent of patients.
Medpundit 2006
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Double-blind studies conducted later by Cobb et al. and Dimond et al. demonstrated that a sham thoracotomy alone could decrease the need for nitroglycerin and increase exercise tolerance and that it produced subjective improvement in more than 35 percent of patients.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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As was the case in earlier studies, the thoracotomy incision alone may have an important effect directly or indirectly on the patient's perception of pain.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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As was the case in earlier studies, the thoracotomy incision alone may have an important effect directly or indirectly on the patient's perception of pain.
Medpundit 2006
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