Ribcage kinematics during exercise justifies thoracoscopic versus postero-lateral thoracotomy lobectomy prompt recovery
- Lo Mauro, Antonella
- Aliverti, Andrea
- Chiesa, Melania
- Cattaneo, Margherita
- Privitera, Emilia
- Tosi, Davide
- Nosotti, Mario
- Santambrogio, Luigi
- Palleschi, Alessandro
Publication date
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
1010-7940Abstract
The video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach is encouraged over postero-lateral thoracotomy (PLT) for lobectomy in lung cancer. We compare the ribcage kinematics during exercise before and after both procedures, assuming that VATS, being minimally invasive, could better preserve ribcage expansion
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