thoracotomise

verb

1. To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy

   “Another method of dissociating the dual influence of central drive and lung inflation is to thoracotomise an otherwise intact anaesthetised animal and to ventilate its lungs with a pump.”

   “Four pigs were thoracotomised and the oesophagus was isolated from adjacent organs”

   “After 15 weeks of developing obesity, animals were anaesthetised by ketamine injection (50 mg/kg) and xylazine (0.5 mg/kg), decapitated, and thoracotomised, and the fat pads of adipose tissue were dissected and weighed.”