1. Intracostal sutures decrease the pain of thoracotomy
Robert J Cerfolio, MD, FACSa, Theolynn N Price, MD, Ayesha S Bryant, MSPH, Cynthia Sale Bass, RN, MSN, Alfred A Bartolucci, PhD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages (August 2003)
DOI: /S (03)

2. Fig 1
This figure depicts how the stitches were placed in the group of patients who received pericostal sutures (P group), as viewed from the surgeon’s side during a right thoracotomy.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )

3. Fig 2
This figure depicts how the stitches were placed in the group of patients who received intracostal sutures (I group), as viewed from the surgeon’s side during a right thoracotomy.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )

4. Fig 3
Mean pain scores with standard deviations. (♦ = P group; ▩ = I group.)
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )