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

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Hisashi Ishikura, MD, PhD, Suguru Kimura, MD, PhD

Department of Chest Surgery, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, 28-1 Shinbiraki Chuden-cho, Komatsushima City, Tokushima, 773-8502 Japan

(Email: sashi2000@mac.com).

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To the Editor:

We appreciate the kind comments of Dr Saxena and associates [1] regarding our recent article. They have highlighted two points in terms of postoperative air leakage and the use of lower lobectomy.

Postoperative air leak can be an important issue in patients undergoing chest surgery. In two of their patients an additional standard drain was inserted to manage continued air leak after surgery. We have never needed any additional drain because we . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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