| n | % |
The insicion that preferred for a planned lobectomy (except extended resections?) | ||
Muscle sparing thoracotomy | 20 | 41.7 |
Standard posterolateral thoracotomy | 20 | 41.7 |
Antero-lateral thoracotomy | 7 | 14.6 |
Anterior thoracotomy | 1 | 2.1 |
The technique for the opening of thorax? | ||
By the dissection of intercostal muscle | 31 | 64.6 |
Subperiostally (by the dissection of intercostal muscle from the rib using electrocotary or rougin) | 15 | 31.3 |
Harvesting of a intercostal muscle flep | 1 | 2.1 |
By the performance of second and third choices | 1 | 2.1 |
The technique for the closure of thorax? | ||
Pericostal sutures (contuining or separated sutures passing round the upper and lower ribs of the intercostal space that you entered to thorax) | 36 | 75.0 |
Sutures passing through the intercostal bundle dissected supperiostally and the lower intercostal bundle | 6 | 12.5 |
Intracostal sutures (sutures passing from the holes drilled on the upper on lower ribs) | 5 | 10.4 |
By the performance of second and third choices | 1 | 2.1 |
Number of chest tubes that you placed after lobectomy? | ||
Two chest tubes for all types of lobectomy | 32 | 66.7 |
One chest tube for all types of lobectomy | 15 | 31.3 |
Two chest tubes for upper lobectomy, one for middle or lower lobectomies | 1 | 2.1 |