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Definition of Transthoracic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Transthoracic
1. Passing through the thoracic cavity. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transthoracic
Literary usage of Transthoracic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of operative surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1921)
"If the liver is injured, treat such injuries secundum •;>: > Close the wound in
the diaphragm with sutures introduced by the transthoracic route. ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"transthoracic Laparotomy. The war experience has opened up an extensive new field
for transthoracic laparotomies in cases of injury. ..."
3. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell (1902)
"... do not commend themselves and can be undertaken only at great risk to the
patient. 2. " Cutting" operations, either by transthoracic or by lapa- ..."
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