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Postoperative pulmonary complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: some practical issues

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Dipasri Bhattacharya

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain

    Antonio M. Esquinas

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research/S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Mohanchandra Mandal

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Bhattacharya, D., Esquinas, A.M. & Mandal, M. Postoperative pulmonary complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: some practical issues. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 70, 1062–1063 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-022-01870-y

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