The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 5 , Pages 1027-1028 , November 2002

Less pain with flexible fluted silicone chest drains than with conventional rigid chest tubes after cardiac surgery

Received 26 March 2002 ,Accepted 18 April 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Enoch Akowuah, MRCS, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Herries Rd, Sheffield, United Kingdom S5 7AU (E-mail akowuah@yahoo.com).

PII: S0022-5223(02)00192-7

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.125641

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 5 , Pages 1027-1028 , November 2002

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