Clinical Analysis of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for the Treatment of Thoracic Empyema
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Oh, Sang-Gi
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Song, Sang-Yun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital) Yun, Chi-Hyeong (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) Na, Kook-Ju (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) Kong, Kang-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital) Park, Song-Ran (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital) Kim, Sang-Hyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) |
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