Spontaneous ventilation thoracoscopic thymectomy: attractive or exceptionable?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

Editorial

Eugenio Pompeo et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 33):S3981-S3983.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.75.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Spontaneous ventilation thoracoscopic thymectomy without muscle relaxant for myasthenia gravis: Comparison with "standard" thoracoscopic thymectomy.
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