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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:948-949
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Washington, Box 356310 1959 NE Pacific, AA-115 Seattle, WA 98195-6310, USA

e-mail: dewood@u.washington.edu

The authors have presented a small series of 8 patients over a six-year period that have been treated with Nd:YAG laser for post-resection bronchopleural fistula (BPF). This is a novel approach and it is paradoxical that the authors would have chosen the laser, usually reserved for ablation, cauterization, or vaporization of tissues, in this case to affect closure of a bronchopleural fistula by edema and creation of fibrinous exudate. What is unclear is whether the authors limited success in 4 of 8 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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