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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2258-2259
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Use of Flexible Silastic Drains in Thoracic Surgery: A Word of Caution

Pankaj Saxena, MCh, DNB, Nand Kejriwal, FRACS, Mark A.J. Newman, FRACS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia

(Email: drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Ishikura and coworkers [1]. We would like to point out that this is not the first ever-reported experience with the use of flexible silastic drains after lung resection and other general thoracic surgical procedures. We reported the use of Blake drains (Johnson & Johnson, Somerville, NJ) for drainage of pleural cavity in patients undergoing thoracotomy earlier [2]. We used these drains in 37 patients undergoing various thoracic surgical procedures, mainly lung resections. In our study a single drain was placed in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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