eComment. Post-pneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula
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eComment. post-pneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula.
Andreetti et al. regarding the treatment of post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula (PPBPF) by self-expandable stent and we agree that this modality can be in the armamentarium of cardiothoracic surgeons [1]. PPBPF is one of the most serious and lethal complications in thoracic surgery. There are well-known predisposing factors related to this devastating postoperative complication such as ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs071