thoracotomize

English

Verb

thoracotomize (third-person singular simple present thoracotomizes, present participle thoracotomizing, simple past and past participle thoracotomized)

1. Alternative form of thoracotomise
   • 1958, George Thomas Pack, Irving M. Ariel, Tumors of the soft somatic tissues: a clinical treatise, page 594:

     If the extra- spinal protrusion of the neoplasm is small, the neurosurgeon thoracotomizes the patient and resects the neoplasm at one surgical seance.

   • 1985, A.L. Bianchi, Monique Denavit-Saubie, Neurogenesis of Central Respiratory Rhythm, →ISBN:

     The experiments were performed in pentobarbital-anaesthetized cats which were paralyzed, thoracotomized and artifically ventilated.

   • 2012, Bernhard L. Bauer, Mario Brock, Margareta Klinger, Advances in Neurosurgery: Cerebellar Infarct, Midline Tumors, Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Neurosurgery, →ISBN:

     Animals sacrified immediately after trauma were rapidly thoracotomized for perfusion fixation of the brain through the left cardiac ventricle, starting with isotonic saline for 30 s followed by 2% buffered paraformaldehyde (pH 7.4) for 20 min.