Chylothorax, new insights in treatment

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Editorial

Pavlos Papoulidis et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 33):S3976-S3977.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.94.

¹ Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.

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

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