1. in the literature to the use of plombage for lower lobe cavitation are few. Morriston Davies, Temple, and Stathatos (1951) in a series of 101 plomb operations recorded five instances where the operation was used for basal cavities. In no instance was sputum conversion secured
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3. Davies, H. Morriston, Temple, L. J., and Stathatos, C. (1951). Ibid., 6, 209.
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