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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1503-1504
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Bonnano’s catheter: A less invasive and cost-effective alternative for drainage of pleural effusion

Sanjay Asopa, MD, Anish Patel, MD

Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

(Email: v.asopa@soton.ac.uk).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Chetty and colleagues.1Go Bonnano’s catheter has been proposed as a less invasive and cost-effective alternative for drainage of a pleural effusion. We congratulate them for their cost-effective and innovative approach of using a suprapubic catheter to drain the pleura.

Pigtail catheters using the modified Seldinger technique have been found to be well . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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