"Thoracotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical incision into the chest wall.
| Descriptor ID |
D013908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.928.760
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Thoracotomy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Thoracotomy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracotomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Thoracotomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Preoperative prediction of unresectability in malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 06; 159(6):2512-2520.e1.
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Mitral Valve Repair Rate at a Veterans Affairs Hospital Utilizing a Multidisciplinary Heart Team. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019; 31(3):434-441.
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The erector spinae plane block in a high-risk Ehlers-Danlos syndrome pediatric patient for vascular ring repair. J Clin Anesth. 2019 May; 54:39-40.
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair for Acute Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pregnancy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 02; 107(2):e93-e95.
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Benchmarking emergency department thoracotomy: Using trauma video review to generate procedural norms. Injury. 2018 Sep; 49(9):1687-1692.
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Multicenter retrospective study of noncompressible torso hemorrhage: Anatomic locations of bleeding and comparison of endovascular versus open approach. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 07; 83(1):11-18.
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Left Lower Lobe Pulmonary Torsion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Oct; 102(4):e361.
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Variability in the reported management of pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma. Cancer Med. 2015 Apr; 4(4):523-31.
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Imaging the post-thoracotomy patient: anatomic changes and postoperative complications. Radiol Clin North Am. 2014 Jan; 52(1):85-103.
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Patients with osteosarcoma with a single pulmonary nodule on computed tomography: a single-institution experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jun; 47(6):1250-4.