How should we manage the chest drainage after a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?

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Pier Luigi Filosso et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;11(6):2212-2214.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.44.

¹ Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, TO, Italy.

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

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