Is muscle-sparing thoracotomy advantageous?


Çobanoğlu U., HIZ O., Melek M., EDIRNE Y.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.43-48, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Özet

Background: The aim of this study was to compare muscle-sparing thoracotomy for the latissimus dorsi and the serratus anterior muscles (MST-L), and muscle-sparing thoracotomy for serratus anterior muscle (MST-S) with each other and with standard posterolateral thoracotomy (SPLT) in terms of advantages and disadvantages.