Stepwise and standardized training for minimally invasive surgery for thoracic surgery trainees

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Pittsfield, MA, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.

Editorial

Tony Makdisi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1191-S1193.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.81.

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Pittsfield, MA, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Society for Translational Medicine expert consensus on training and certification standards for surgeons and assistants in minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer.
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