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Chest surgery is known as a discipline with a fairly high complication rate. Since Singer and Graham performed the first successful one-stage pneumonectomy for carcinoma in 1933, medical knowledge and technical possibilities have undergone a gigantic development. However, managing complications after surgical procedures on the lung, mediastinum, and chest wall remains part of a thoracic surgeon’s everyday life.
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Zabeck, H. (2015). Postoperative Complications. In: Dienemann, H., Hoffmann, H., Detterbeck, F. (eds) Chest Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12044-2_49
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