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Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93:2043-2044. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.11.024
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Conservative Management of a Bilothorax Resulting From Blunt Hepatic Trauma

Avraham Z. Cooper, BAa, Alok Gupta, MDa,b, Stephen R. Odom, MD, FACSa,b,*

a Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
b Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Accepted for publication November 7, 2011.

* Address correspondence to Dr Odom, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 110 Francis St, Ste 2-G, Boston, MA 02215 (Email: sodom{at}bidmc.harvard.edu).

Pleurobiliary fistula after blunt abdominal trauma is rare. We report a case managed with tube thoracostomy alone, without the need for biliary system drainage.






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