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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 782-783, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
MD Horowitz, N Ancalmo and JL Ochsner
We present a technique of thoracotomy through the auscultatory triangle.
Good access to the thoracic cavity is obtained, and both latissimus dorsi
and serratus anterior muscles are preserved. There is reduced postoperative
morbidity.
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Thoracotomy through the auscultatory triangle
Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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