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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 786-787, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Chemical pleurodesis in the presence of persistent air leak

GH Almassi and GB Haasler
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

Persistent air leak makes chemical pleurodesis difficult because the chest tube cannot be clamped after drug instillation. A technique is described that obviates the need for clamping the chest tube in this setting.

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