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Because of the extensive pleural sepsis and fibrosis, it is not usually possible to treat these fistulae in the manner described for early fistulae. Long-term drainage of the pleural space will already have been established.
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Wells, F.C., Coonar, A.S. (2018). Late Post-pneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula. In: Thoracic Surgical Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66270-1_42
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