Recent news on Thoracotomy

Joan E. McNay  -  May 2, 2007
Redlands Daily Facts,...airplane accident, living for more than 40 years with hepatitis C, and later recovering from a thoracotomy in which two lobes of her lung were removed.

Acorn Cardiovascular to Conduct 50-Patient Confirmatory Trial for ...  -  May 9, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Doctors in Europe, where the device has been used since 2000, recently performed two CorCap CSD cases with a less-invasive thoracotomy procedure that

Results of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryEsophagectomy was performed with an Ivor–Lewis procedure, through a laparotomy and right thoracotomy, for mid to lower esophageal and esophagogastric

What's New in Pediatric Orthopaedics  -  May 1, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)...of thoracic scoliosis, thoracoscopic instrumentation had a less detrimental effect on pulmonary function at two years than open thoracotomy did.

Transapical aortic cannulation: The technique of choice for type A ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe left ventricular apex was easily exposed through a small left thoracotomy and a 21F Bio-Medicus cannula (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minn) introduced

Fixed Obstructive Lung Disease Among Workers in the Flavor ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
Food Consumer,Left thoracotomy with wedge resection of the left lower lobe did not indicate bronchiolitis obliterans in this area of the lung. However, other findings of

Endovascular Market Forecast to Reach US$250 Million Globally by 2012  -  Apr 26, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...in this anatomical region is difficult and has been associated with devastating complications, especially in those who are not fit for thoracotomy.

Synchronous multiple primary lung cancer: An increasing clinical ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery16-24 In the majority of our patients, we favored a staged bilateral thoracotomy to reduce postoperative morbidity. 23 In the eventuality of bilateral

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