title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk Building, 2nd Flr, 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA94305. Electronic address: shrager@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Shrager
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
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