Usefulness of robot-assisted surgery for lung cancer demonstrated from the patient's perspective

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Takashi Suda. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;10(3):1227-1229.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.56.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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