Video assisted thoracic surgery vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain

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Aris Koryllos et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;9(10):3498-3500.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.160.

¹ Lungclinic, Hospital of Cologne, Chair of Thoracic Surgery, Private University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne 51109, Germany.

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

Response to "VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain".
Bayman EO, Parekh KR, Keech J, Brennan TJ. Bayman EO, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1151-E1153. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.27. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29313852 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

A Prospective Study of Chronic Pain after Thoracic Surgery.
Bayman EO, Parekh KR, Keech J, Selte A, Brennan TJ. Bayman EO, et al. Anesthesiology. 2017 May;126(5):938-951. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001576. Anesthesiology. 2017. PMID: 28248713 Free PMC article.

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