"Thoracic Wall" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The outer margins of the thorax containing SKIN, deep FASCIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; RIBS; STERNUM; and MUSCLES.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Thoracic Wall".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Thoracic Wall".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracic Wall" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Thoracic Wall" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Wall" by people in Profiles.
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Percutaneous Cryoablation: Safety and Efficacy for Pain Palliation of Metastases to Pleura and Chest Wall. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Feb; 31(2):294-300.
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Wooden chest syndrome: Beware of opioid antagonists, not just agonists. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 02; 38(2):411.e5-411.e6.
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Feasibility and accuracy of CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of cavitary pulmonary lesions. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2019 Nov; 25(6):435-441.
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound in a Child with Chest Wall Pain and Rib Osteomyelitis. J Emerg Med. 2019 Oct; 57(4):550-553.
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Reconstruction of a dorsal thoracic wall defect with a dorsal intercostal artery perforator flap after removal of a bulky cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Sep 17; 13(1):294.
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The Effect of Expansion Thoracostomy on Spine Growth in Patients with Spinal Deformity and Fused Ribs Treated with Rib-Based Growing Constructs. Spine Deform. 2019 09; 7(5):836-841.
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Commentary: Rigid Chest Wall Reconstruction-Innovation With Functional Improvements. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020; 32(1):174-175.
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The Impact of Chest Wall Boost on Reconstruction Complications and Local Control in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 09 01; 105(1):155-164.
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Preoperative thoracic muscle area on computed tomography predicts long-term survival following pneumonectomy for lung cancer. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2019 04 01; 28(4):542-549.
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[Long-term results of chest wall arteriovenous graft for establishing hemodialysis access]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2019 02 15; 33(2):227-231.