Thoracoscopic Rib Resection Using a Gigli Saw
| Autor: | Tomoyuki Nakagiri, Norihisa Shigemura, Akinori Akashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Thorax Surgical resection medicine.medical_specialty Gigli saw Skin incision business.industry Thoracoscopy Bone Neoplasms Ribs Right eighth rib Middle Aged Pain management musculoskeletal system Rib resection Metastatic bone tumor Surgery Colonic Neoplasms Humans Medicine Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 80:755-756 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.116 |
| Popis: | When a conventional approach is used to perform a rib resection, a skin incision longer than the rib to be resected must be made. As a result, a conventional rib resection leaves a rather large and esthetically unfavorable scar. After considering pain management, esthetics, and quality of life, we devised a new technique for thoracoscopic rib resection that uses a Gigli saw. This new technique was performed on an overweight woman with a solitary metastatic bone tumor of the right eighth rib, whose case is described herein. The patient's postoperative course was satisfactory. Since this technique does not require a long skin incision, pain management and aesthetic results are improved compared with conventional techniques. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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