Lung surgery in elderly patients: are we doing enough?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of L'Aquila, G. Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, Italy.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Marco Scarci et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;10(2):693-694.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.132.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of L'Aquila, G. Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, Italy.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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