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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:873-874. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.021
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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited Commentary

Kamal A. Mansour, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, The Emory Clinic, 1365 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

(Email: kamal.mansour@emoryhealthcare.org).

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We are more familiar with the management of post-pneumonectomy empyema than with post-lobectomy or post-segmentectomy empyema. The latter has not been addressed well in thoracic surgical literature, and the authors should be commended for bringing a new contribution to an uncommon problem. Although the number of patients is small, the material and methods are correctly described, and the results are clearly expressed.

The late occurrence of empyema in this series [1] is bothersome. Empyema developed in 12 of 19 patients (63%) . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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