posterolateral thoracotomy

posterolateral thoracotomy

thoracotomy, involving division of the latissimus dorsi (muscle) and the serratus anterior (muscle).

pos·ter·o·lat·er·al tho·ra·cot·o·my

(pos'tĕr-ō-lat'ĕr-ăl thōr'ă-kot'ŏ-mē) Surgical thoracotomy, involving division of the latissimus dorsi muscle and the serratus anterior muscle.