Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 10 , Pages 675-758 , October 2008

Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis: A Contemporary Review—Part 1

  • A. Thomas Pezzella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Former Director, Special Projects, World Heart Foundation, Associate Professor (Retired) of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Wentao Fang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.06.003

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 10 , Pages 675-758 , October 2008

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