Amer Bilal, Sharif Jan, Asif Nadeem, Shoaib Nabi.
Thoracoplasty an obsolete or still useful procedure.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;16(2):183-6.

Out of over 2000 thorocotomies done over a 7 years period at Cardio Thoracic Unit LRH, 21 thoracoplasties were done. Of these 12 were full and 9 partial. The main indications were insufficient/destroyed lung tissue with or without hemoptyses or/and with/without infected spaces. There was no mortality. Only 3 patients had residual spaces. We conclude that in a very select group of patients with the aforementioned problems, thoracoplasty still has a role to play.

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