The cranial-side parietal pleura pick-up method and the edge closure technique as a closure method for open thoracotomy

摘要

Given the delicate intercostal maneuvers required during closure for basic open thoracotomies, two methods, both involving the caudal side of the thoracotomy, have been reported; namely suturing through small holes drilled in the caudal rib (intracostal suture) (1) and suturing the thin space between the inferior edge of the caudal rib and the intercostal neurovascular bundle to prevent strangulation of the intercostal nerve and vessels on the caudal side (edge closure technique) (2,3).