Intra-operative conversion during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy is not a failure as long as emergency is avoided

Federico Raveglia¹, Marco Scarci², Ugo Cioffi³, Alessandro Baisi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Surgery, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy.
² Thoracic Surgery, ASST Monza e Brianza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
³ Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.

Editorial

Federico Raveglia et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;11(3):638-642.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.68.

Federico Raveglia¹, Marco Scarci², Ugo Cioffi³, Alessandro Baisi^{1

3}

¹ Thoracic Surgery, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy.
² Thoracic Surgery, ASST Monza e Brianza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
³ Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

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

Intraoperative conversion: it happens, we should smartly deal with it.
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Intraoperative conversion during video-assisted thoracoscopy does not constitute a treatment failure†.
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