Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 103-106 , April 2007

How Best to Manage the Space after Pneumonectomy? Theory and Experience but no Evidence

  • Vasudev Pai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Sameer Gangoli, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Carol Tan, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Sheila Rankin, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Martin Utley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Robert Cameron, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Loic Lang-Lazdunski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Tom Treasure, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Guy's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Thomas's Street, SE1 9RT London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7957 168 754.

Received 9 July 2006 ,Revised 31 October 2006 ,Accepted 4 November 2006.

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00278-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.11.002

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