Is there a new alternative advantageous technique for closure of thoracotomy?

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8917

Murat Öncel, Güven Sadi Sunam, Hüseyin Yıldıran

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selçuk University, Medical Faculty of Selçuklu, Konya, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8917

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Thoracotomy is a commonly used approach for thoracic cavity exploration for lung and cardiac procedures. There are many causes of poor closure including infection, pain, weak tissue or muscle at the wound site, injury to the wound area, and other factors. In this article, we describe a novel technique for the closure of thoracotomy. The advantages of our technique are simplicity, speed, effectiveness, and using lesser sutures in closing the thorax.

Keywords : Closing thoracotomy; novel technique; postthoracotomy pain; suture

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