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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:782-783
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
b Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
Accepted for publication December 13, 1988.
* Address reprint requests to Dr Ancalmo, Ochsner Clinic, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121.
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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