%0 Online Multimedia %A Jayakumar, Shruti %A Papoulidis, Pavlos %A Nardini, Marco %A Harling, Leanne %A Dunning, Joel %A Paul, Ian %D 2018 %T CTSNet Step-by-Step Series: Posterolateral Thoracotomy %U https://ctsnet.figshare.com/articles/media/CTSNet_Step-by-Step_Series_Posterolateral_Thoracotomy/7137905 %R 10.25373/ctsnet.7137905.v1 %2 https://ctsnet.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/13171352 %K Thoracic %K Lung %K Cancer %K Surgery %X

This video demonstrates a posterolateral thoracotomy. The authors detail the procedure in a step-by-step fashion, using diagrams and surgical video to illustrate key technical elements. This video also shows a muscle-sparing approach to the posterolateral thoracotomy, preserving the serratus anterior. If a muscle-sparing approach is not desired, then the serratus muscle may simply be divided entirely during the muscular division step.

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