Response to "Editorial on pain following thoracic surgery"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Comment

Emine Ozgur Bayman et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1154-E1155.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.74.

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Editorial on pain following thoracic surgery.
Holm J, Licht PB. Holm J, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct;9(10):3545-3546. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.23. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29268337 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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