Does muscle-sparing thoracotomy as opposed to posterolateral thoracotomy result in better recovery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-67

  Elshiekh, Mohamed A F ^a   Lo, Tammy T H ^b   Shipolini, Alex R ^b   McCormack, David J ^b  

^a Suez Canal University Hospital   (Egypt)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle sparing; Muscle strength; Pain; Range of motion; Recovery; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; MUSCLE SPARING THORACOTOMY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BENCHMARKING; BIOMECHANICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871761535     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs295     Document Type: Article

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