Marginal gain, does it matter?

Affiliations

¹ Service of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Service of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Editorial

Lorenzo Rosner et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1313-S1316.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.52.

¹ Service of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Service of Thoracic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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