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Talal Ahmed Reda Mahmoud1, Nor Izham Ismail, Ahmad Sobri Muda

  • 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. treda2001@hotmail.com

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 30, 2010
PubMed
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Bismuth paste injection, a forgotten treatment for chronic empyema thoracis, was successfully used in a patient after standard treatments failed. This case revives interest in this historical therapeutic approach.

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