RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Surgery of isolated patent ductus arteriosus: a new technique of suture and division. JF Thorax JO Thorax FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society SP 5 OP 6 DO 10.1136/thx.32.1.5 VO 32 IS 1 A1 P Nandi YR 1977 UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/32/1/5.abstract AB Since mid-1973 29 cases of isolated patent ductus arteriosus were treated in the Hong Kong University surgical unit with a new technique of suture and division. This technique has almost eliminated the problem of intraoperative haemorrhage and its consequences.