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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;130:1732-1733
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor:

Guven Olgac, MD, FETCS a , Cemal Asim Kutlu, MD, FETCS b

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center
b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey

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We thank Dr Pramesh and his colleagues for their comments on our recently published article. 1 Go As clearly indicated in their letter, the authors agreed with our conclusion that the low perfusion rate alone is not an indication for lung resection under certain circumstances. However, they were also concerned about the approach we used for decortication and raised another issue, which has entirely different conceptual and technical aspects.

We have been using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) decortication . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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