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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:382
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Kenneth Mattox, MD

Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030

(Email: kmattox2@aol.com).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Burack and associates [1] have analyzed 20 patients with mediastinal traverse injuries from a cohort of 207 patients with penetrating wounds to the mediastinum, with entry from the front, cephalad, or side. The 20 mediastinal traverse patients were those at greatest risk for tracheal, bronchial, or esophageal injury, and historically have posed one . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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