Jeremy Faust, MD, practicing emergency room (ER) doctor and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, reacts to the premiere's ...

My ER doctor husband and I have different ways of watching "The Pitt," writes Cog editor . "While I’m sinking into the couch and pulling a blanket up near my eyes, he’s leaning forward like he’s ...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Post-thoracotomy pain is a severe and intense pain caused by trauma to ribs, muscles and peripheral nerves. The current study aimed to compare subpleural analgesia (SPA) with ...

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Cambrian College’s applied research division and the simulation laboratory at Health Sciences North have created a one-of-a-kind medical manikin to help surgeons prepare for thoracotomies. A ...

MASSIVE intrapleural hemorrhage is a rare but frequently fatal complication of spontaneous pneumothorax for which surgical treatment has only recently been utilized. This article summarizes published ...

A thoracotomy is when a surgeon goes between your ribs to get to your heart, lungs, or esophagus to diagnose or treat an illness. It's a major operation, and doctors usually don’t use it if something ...

We reviewed the evidence about the effect of paravertebral block and thoracic epidural for patients undergoing thoracotomy. We found 14 studies. Operations on structures in the chest (usually the ...

Despite increasing use of minimally invasive techniques, limited literature has described minithoracotomy for removal of left atrial masses, such as myxomas. This study was aimed at addressing this ...

Actress Samantha Davis, the wife of Warwick Davis, died after suffering a cardiac arrest hours before she was due to be discharged from hospital, an inquest has found. Mrs Davis, 53, died at London's ...

Researchers have found in a new study that mature, physician-led, urban prehospital system can successfully perform resuscitative thoracotomy, leading to improved survival rates for patients ...