Median Sternotomy
- allow access to mediastinum
Posterolateral thoracotomy
- most common
- allows access to lung, pericardium and lung, and the aorto-pulmonary window
Anterolateral thoracotomy
- follows the 5th intercostal space to the sternal edge
Clamshell (Bilateral anterior thoracotomy)
- below each nipple connecting at xiphisternum
Mediastinoscopy
- 2 FB above sternal notch
- allows viewing of subcarinal LN for disease staging and progression
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