The era of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico "A. Gemelli" Hospital, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

Editorial

Monica Pastina et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;9(3):462-465.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.97.

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico "A. Gemelli" Hospital, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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