Joseph Shrager

Publication Details

  • Pain and physical function are similar following axillary, muscle-sparing vs posterolateral thoracotomy.

    Ochroch EA, Gottschalk A, Augoustides JG, Aukburg SJ, Kaiser LR, Shrager JB. Chest. 2005; 128 (4): 2664-70

    We set out to determine whether there is a difference in postoperative pain and recovery after the patient undergoes the axillary muscle-sparing incision (ie, muscle-sparing thoracotomy [MT]) vs the modified posterolateral incision (ie, posterolateral thoracotomy [PT]).

    PubMedID: 16236940

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