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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:386
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ultraflex Expandable Metallic Stent for the Treatment of a Bronchopleural Fistula After Pneumonectomy

Carlos Enrique García Franco, MDa, Javier Flandes Aldeyturriaga, MD, PhDb, José Zapatero Gaviria, MD, PhDa

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz,Avenida Reyes Católicos 2, Madrid 28040, Spain
b Department of Pneumology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Avenida Reyes Católicos 2, Madrid 28040, Spain

cgarciafranco@terra.es

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To the Editor:

We have read with great interest the article by Tayama and coworkers [1] describing their experience with a modified Dumon stent (Novatech, Plan de Grasse, France) for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula in the right main bronchus after pneumonectomy. We recently had a similar case with an identical complication and we used an Ultraflex expandable stent (Boston Scientific International, Colombes, France). Due to the limited experience in . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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