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14-French Pigtail Catheters for Traumatic Hemothorax/Hemopneumothorax: Size Does Not Matter: Reply

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  1. Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA

    Zachary M. Bauman

  2. Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Narong Kulvatunyou

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Bauman, Z.M., Kulvatunyou, N. 14-French Pigtail Catheters for Traumatic Hemothorax/Hemopneumothorax: Size Does Not Matter: Reply. World J Surg 42, 2687–2688 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-018-4508-y

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