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Definition of Thoracotomies
1. thoracotomy [n] - See also: thoracotomy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracotomies
Literary usage of Thoracotomies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"... and blood bank capacities — Standard operations include thoracotomies, abdominal
explorations, cleaning and wide debridement of wounds with delayed ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1907)
"... favours the extension of infection; and this appliance has enabled the author
to perform exploratory thoracotomies at an early stage of the disease. ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1909)
"Matas states that the method supplants all the complex osteoplastic thoracotomies
previously used. The operation is performed as follows: After securing the ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1906)
"Exploration of the pleura with the finger in the course of many thoracotomies
has shown me that an encysted empyema is more common than has generally been ..."
5. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1920)
"... thyroid and laryngeal resections, amputations of the extremities, resection
of joints, thoracotomies, hernias, and the entire domain of genito-urinary, ..."
6. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"n thoracotomies, with 4 deaths (36.3 per cent.) and 39 laparotomies with 35
deaths (89.7 per cent.). In most if not all of the early cases, operation was ..."
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