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The chest is entered through a posterolateral thoracotomy above the sixth rib. The ribs may spread sufficiently without the need for division. If not, a short segment of the posterior end of the sixth rib may be simply divided or excised with rib shears.
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Wells, F.C., Coonar, A.S. (2018). Right Lower Lobectomy. In: Thoracic Surgical Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66270-1_34
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