title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Blake 1570, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. wright.cameron@mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*