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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 41, 130-134, Copyright © 1986 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Median sternotomy as a standard approach for pulmonary resection

HC Urschel Jr and MA Razzuk

Pulmonary resection was performed electively through a median sternotomy in 174 patients. The first 61 of these patients were compared with an equal number having pulmonary resection through a lateral thoracotomy. Both groups were similar in regard to sex, age, pathological condition, and type of resection. The patients undergoing median sternotomy had a shorter operative time and less postoperative pain, and were discharged from the hospital sooner than the patients having resection through a lateral thoracotomy. The cardinal technical essentials to expeditious pulmonary resection through a median sternotomy involve unilateral pulmonary ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube, arterial pressure and gas monitoring, and proper lung packing and retraction. Two patients died, 1 of infection and 1 of bleeding; neither death was related to the incision. Certain pulmonary procedures are better performed through a lateral thoracotomy, and these include resection of a superior sulcus carcinoma, pulmonary resection with posterior chest wall extension, and left lower lobe resection in patients who demonstrate obesity, cardiomegaly, or an elevated diaphragm.

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