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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:285-286
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Ronald B. Ponn, MD

Yale-New Haven Hospital, 5 Landmark Terrace, Woodbridge, CT 06525, USA

e-mail: rbponn@aol.com

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The approach to fibrinous-gelatinous material in the pleural space that cannot be drained by tubes and catheters is an issue about which only a thoracic surgeon can get excited. Further, it regrettably seems that, with some exceptions, only thoracic surgeons understand the nuances of "space problems" and "trapped lung." The potential consequences of undrained material are pleural space infection due to the original process or to our interventions, . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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