Minimally invasive segmentectomy for early stage lung cancer gains momentum

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Syed S Razi et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;7(3):62.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.12.67.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

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The application of a single-direction strategy in VATS segmentectomy: left S3 segmentectomy.
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