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Original Article

Treatment of postpneumonectomy empyema and associated bronchopleural fistula: Experience of 100 Consecutive Postpneumonectomy Patients

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Pages 235-239 | Accepted 20 Nov 1987, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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