TY - JOUR AU - Bertolaccini, Luca AU - Pardolesi, Alessandro PY - 2019 TI - Approaches to the thoracic cavities JF - Pediatric Medicine; Vol 2 (March 2019): Pediatric Medicine Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - In the past, posterolateral thoracotomy was utilized as the usual incision for pediatric patients. Nevertheless, in children, most thoracotomic operations could be performed through a muscle sparing lateral thoracotomy. The video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is progressively more used since most procedures can be tailored to VATS. On the contrary, median sternotomy has a partial role and consent the access to both lungs and mediastinal structures. UR - https://pm.amegroups.org/article/view/4762