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. 2019 Aug;11(8):E123-E124.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.25.

Intraoperative conversion: it happens, we should smartly deal with it

Alex Fourdrain  1 , Florent Leviel  2 , Sophie Lafitte  1 , Pascal Berna  1
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Intraoperative conversion: it happens, we should smartly deal with it

Alex Fourdrain et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Aug.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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