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A new application of a wound retractor for chest wall surgery

Hitoshi Igai¹, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Toshiteru Nagashima

¹Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-21-36 Asahi-cho, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0014, Japan. hitoshi-iga@hotmail.co.jp

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

|July 7, 2012

Abstract:

Use of a wound retraction (WR) is useful for lung resection by video-assisted thoracic surgery via a mini-thoracotomy. We have employed a WR for chest wall surgery involving surgical rib fixation in a patient with rib fractures, and obtained successful results in terms of a good surgical view and lack of postoperative wound infection. On the basis of our experience, we consider that a WR is useful even for chest wall surgery.

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