Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1679
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: general thoracic
Invited commentary
Bryan Meyers, MDa
a Associate Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-1013, USA
e-mail: meyers@msnotes.wustl.edu
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Doctor Fujimoto and colleagues have added a compelling addition to the literature documenting unique circumstances surrounding pulmonary resection in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This report is unusual in that it limits analysis to patients with pulmonary fibrosis that was documented at the time of consideration for lung resection. Missing are the patients identified postoperatively by pathologic evidence of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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