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Thoracotomy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Thoracotomy
Tree Number(s)
E04.928.760
Unique ID
D013908
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013908
Annotation
do not confuse with THORACOSTOMY
Scope Note
Surgical incision into the chest wall.
NLM Classification #
WF 980
Previous Indexing
Thoracic Surgery (1980-1987)
Thorax/surgery (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note
88
History Note
88
Date Established
1988/01/01
Date of Entry
1987/03/23
Revision Date
1997/06/20
Thoracotomy Preferred
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