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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:507-508
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor:

Andrea Droghetti, MD, Andrea Schiavini, MD, Giovanni Muriana, MD

Thoracic Surgery Division, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantova, Italy

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

We thank Terzi et al for their founded observations on our pilot study, thus giving us the opportunity to elaborate on and reinforce some aspects of our article.

There is much literature dealing with monitoring of intraoperative and postoperative air leaks after lung resection. The incidence of intraoperative air leaks in the various series ranges from 50% to 80%, whereas the incidence of postoperative air leaks within 48 hours of surgical intervention oscillates . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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