To do or not to do? The management dilemma of congenital tracheal stenosis in the setting of the ring-sling complex

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Heart Hospital, G. Monasterio Foundation, Massa, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Editorial

Luigi Arcieri et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):4896-4898.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.79.

¹ Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Heart Hospital, G. Monasterio Foundation, Massa, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 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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