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Management of postoperative bronchopleural fistula with a tracheobronchial stent in a patient requiring mechanical ventilation

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Isituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano (Milan), Italy

    Valentina Bellato, D. De Caria, M. R. Spoto & G. Bordone

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Isituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano (Milan), Italy

    G. M. Ferraroli, M. V. Infante, U. Cariboni & M. Alloisio

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Bellato, V., Ferraroli, G.M., De Caria, D. et al. Management of postoperative bronchopleural fistula with a tracheobronchial stent in a patient requiring mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med 36, 721–722 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1757-0

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