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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:786-787
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Chemical pleurodesis in the presence of persistent air leak

G.Hossein Almassi, MD*, George B. Haasler, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin and the Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Accepted for publication January 23, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Almassi, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8700 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

Persistent air leak makes chemical pleurodesis difficult because the chest tube cannot be clamped after drug instillation. A technique is described that obviates the need for clamping the chest tube in this setting.




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