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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:1068
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Zisis and Stratakos

U.O. Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, University of Parma, Italy

Received 10 March 2006; accepted 14 March 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Parma, Viale Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 3406874733; fax: +39 0521987950. (Email: antonio.bobbio@unipr.it; antonboa@hotmail.com).

Key Words: Pneumothorax • VATS • Physiopathology

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We thank Dr Zisis and Dr Stratakos for their attention to our work and for the interesting arguments raised for our consideration.

The first point of the LTTE is to express disagreement to Argon Beam Coagulation (ABC) and pleural abrasion as adequate surgical techniques to induce pleurodesis. The results of our study no doubt justify Dr Zisis’ word of caution regarding the use of ABC; however, in patients being treated with pleural abrasion an overall recurrence rate of 3.4% was noted [1]. Such results are in concordance with others previously reported and, in 2001, the ACCP Delphi Consensus Conference quoted pleural abrasion with a slightly superior consensus . . . [Full Text of this Article]