Assertion: limited thoracotomy | /r/HasProperty | alt
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text: Between January 1997 and July 1999 we conducted a study to investigate the usefulness of anterior limited thoracotomy (ALT) for lung cancer surgery; we reported that it had advantages over posterolateral thoracotomy in both reducing chest pain and diminishing the impairment of pulmonary function between 1 week and 6 months after surgery [].