French-window thoracotomy: Postoperative pain avoidance for short-stay lung cancer surgery

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 520-527

  Yamaguchi, Akira ^a,b   Hashimoto, Osamu ^a   Tamaki, Satoshi ^a,c  

^a Chiba Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Medical and Surgical Clinic   (Japan)

^c Chibanishi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

French window thoracotomy; Rib spreading thoracotomy; Short postoperative hospital stay; Staking with stainless mesh wire and stainless sleeve; Video assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33846518157     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-006-0057-7     Document Type: Article

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