Is pneumonectomy still necessary?

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Editorial

Jean Yannis Perentes et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;10(12):6414-6417.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.18.

¹ Service of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Pushing the limits in order to avoid pneumonectomy.
Maurizi G, Vanni C, Rendina EA. Maurizi G, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Aug;11(8):E144-E145. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.54. J Thorac Dis. 2019. PMID: 31559088 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Reimplantation of the upper lobe bronchus after lower sleeve lobectomy or bilobectomy: long-term results.
Maurizi G, Ciccone AM, Vanni C, D'Andrilli A, Ibrahim M, Andreetti C, Menna C, Tierno SM, Venuta F, Rendina EA. Maurizi G, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jun 1;53(6):1180-1185. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx494. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018. PMID: 29360965

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