Abstract

LOPEZ DE LA CRUZ, Yoandy; MORALES VALDES, Rodolfo E.; ROMERO SANCHEZ, Ramón E.  and  MORALES MATO, Rodolfo. The (un)known history of thoracic incisions. Part III: The thoracotomies of the 20th Century. CorSalud [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.3, pp. 322-337.  Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 2078-7170.

Most of thoracotomies that are most frequently used in today's surgical practice were created in the operating rooms of the 20th century. In the search for different therapeutic options to treat cancerous and infectious conditions of the thoracic and mediastinal organs, the fathers of modern thoracic surgery created approaches that have stood the test of time and continue to be practiced, despite the enormous development of minimal access or video-assisted thoracic surgery. However, many surgeons are unaware of the events surrounding the birth of the main classical thoracotomies and, on the other hand, on more than a few occasions history has recognized as the fathers of some techniques those who do not really deserve that credit. In this third part of our review we continue to unravel the history of thoracic incisions, not all of which is well known.

Keywords : Thoracotomy; Lung cancer; Esophageal cancer; History of medicine; Mediastinum; Pneumonectomy.

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