title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. Electronic address: cassivi.stephen@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cassivi
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000637:transplantation*