National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Thoracotomy
Synonyms

thoracotomy

Thoracotomy

incision of Chest Wall

Incision of Thorax

Definitions

A surgical procedure in which an large incision is made into the chest wall, for the purpose of accessing organs inside the thoracic cavity.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15337

ALT_DEFINITION

An operation to open the chest.

code

C15337

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C174241

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C174237

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C179482

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C179478

Contributing_Source

CTRP

PCDC

DEFINITION

A surgical procedure in which an large incision is made into the chest wall, for the purpose of accessing organs inside the thoracic cavity.

Display_Name

Thoracotomy

FULL_SYN

thoracotomy

Thoracotomy

incision of Chest Wall

Incision of Thorax

Is_PCDC_EWS_Authorized_Value_For_Variable

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C175029

label

Thoracotomy

Legacy Concept Name

Thoracotomy

Preferred_Name

Thoracotomy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15337

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0039991

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15655

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