Bilateral anterior thoracotomy (Clamshell Incision) is the ideal emergency thoracotomy incision: An anatomic study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1277-1285

  Simms, Eric R ^a,e   Flaris, Alexandros N ^b,e   Franchino, Xavier ^c,d   Thomas, Michael S ^a   Caillot, Jean Louis ^c,e   Voiglio, Eric J ^c,d,e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d University Lyon   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; PROCEDURES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84877729452     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-1961-5     Document Type: Article

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