Does the number of incisions in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery matter?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Editorial

Henrik Jessen Hansen et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1625-E1627.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.53.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

HJ Hansen speakers bureau of Medtronic. RH Petersen speakers bureau of Medtronic. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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