Thoracotomy

Thoracotomy is one of the most common types of chest surgery. This operation involves making an incision in the chest wall to gain access to the organs located inside the chest cavity.

Thoracotomy can be performed for various purposes, depending on the patient's indications. It can be used to examine the contents of the chest cavity, as well as to perform operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, diaphragm, or other organs located inside the chest cavity.

The operation can be performed either using general anesthesia or local anesthesia. Depending on the purpose of the operation and the general condition of the patient, either an open or minimally invasive approach can be used.

Sometimes a thoracotomy may be used to diagnose certain diseases, such as lung cancer or pleural effusion. In this case, after opening the chest cavity, the surgeon takes tissue samples for analysis and diagnosis.

Thoracotomy can also be used to treat conditions such as pneumothorax, where air enters the pleural space, causing the lung to collapse. In this case, after opening the chest cavity, the surgeon inserts a catheter or drainage tube to remove air or fluid from the chest cavity.

However, like any other surgical procedure, thoracotomy is not without risks. Complications may include bleeding, infection, organ or tissue damage, and the risk of blood clots and embolism.

Thus, thoracotomy is an important type of surgery that can be used to diagnose and treat various diseases related to the chest. However, before performing surgery, it is necessary to evaluate the indications and risks for each patient in order to achieve the best results.

Thoracotomy is a surgical operation that involves opening the chest to examine the contents of its cavity or performing operations on the heart, lungs, or other organs located in the chest.

During a thoracotomy, an incision is made through the chest wall to gain access to the organs of the chest cavity. The incision may be made between the ribs (intercostal thoracotomy) or along the ribs (parasternal thoracotomy). The choice of incision type depends on the purpose of the operation and the surgeon's preference.

A thoracotomy may be performed for diagnostic purposes - to visually examine and take a biopsy of the chest organs. Also, thoracotomy is necessary to perform surgical interventions on the heart, lungs, esophagus, diaphragm and other anatomical structures in the chest.

The most common indications for thoracotomy include: lung resection for cancer or other lung diseases, removal of a mediastinal tumor, correction of congenital heart defects, coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary artery disease, damage to the chest and its organs.

Thoracotomy is a major operation requiring general anesthesia. In the postoperative period, the patient requires observation to monitor breathing and possible complications. With adequate postoperative care, most patients recover from thoracotomy without serious problems.

Thoracotomy is the surgical procedure of opening part of the chest in order to gain access to its organs or blood vessels. During a thoracotomy, a bone or part of a rib is retracted, widening the resulting hole, opening access to the organs of the chest cavity. The creation and development of thoracotomy is based on an anatomical basis - the need to provide access to the heart and lungs. And the founders of this method were Galen, Gunther and Lavendez. This method of surgery acquired its origins two millennia later, after which the doctor J-G. Lavendid improved it by introducing a small dissection of soft tissue into the skinny incision in order to make a small incision, but through a large portion of the intercostal muscle, in order to expand it along the rib. This would allow us to quickly work with a diseased lung and reduce the time of surgical intervention. This approach to treatment turned out to be the most acceptable, since at the turn of 2014, the majority of admitted patients were cured with this operation. The thoracotomy method has found its use when a person undergoes surgery to eliminate cardiac arrhythmia and for other reasons. Among the listed diseases, sinus tachycardia, angina pectoris and pericarditis, arrhythmia, coronary ischemia, aortic aneurysm or pericardial inflammation, stroke and other more serious diseases can be distinguished. Diagnostic reasons for performing abdominal thoracoscopy include detection of increased intrathoracic pressure, pericardial syndrome in a newborn, identification