Consensus guidelines for thoracic surgical patient management-do they represent the consensus?

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Editorial

Robert A Meguid. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1175-S1176.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.13.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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