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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:375
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Discussion
DR ROBERT J. CERFOLIO (Birmingham, AL): I enjoyed your paper very much and I want to get just a couple of opinions about an alternative method. It seems that you are not doing any sclerotherapy in this group of patients. Is that correct?
DR PUTNAM: Yes.
DR CERFOLIO: And you had seven recurrences. I would like to get your opinion on our approach at Birmingham. We are operating on patients either through ambulatory surgery or for an overnight stay in the hospital and performing a video-assisted thoracoscopic talc insufflation. Although the data are pending that that is actually better than talc slurry through a chest tube, I think it is going to be. It also gives you the advantage of
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