Post-operative lung ultrasonography in daily routine thoracic surgery: can we trust its results?

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Editorial

Paolo Scanagatta et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;11(1):42-44.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.96.

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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