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Thoracostomy vs Thoracotomy - What's the difference?

thoracostomy | thoracotomy |

As nouns the difference between thoracostomy and thoracotomy

is that thoracostomy is incision into the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage while thoracotomy is the surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.

thoracostomy

English

Noun

(thoracostomies)
  • Incision into the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage.

    • thoracotomy

    English

    (wikipedia thoracotomy)

    Noun

    (thoracotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.