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JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 1999; 9 (7): 337-338
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RESUMO
This is a case presentation of a 54 year old male who underwent left pneumonectomy in 1980 in Belgium. Post-operatively he developed an empyema of the post-pneumonectomy space which became a chronic discharging cavity. In 1991, a permanent pleuro-cutaneous window was created to allow free drainage, at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi. In October 1994, the post-pneumonectomy space was obliterated using pectoral muscle flaps, with an excellent result over a twelve month follow up