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Original Research

Association of tumor location with economic outcomes and air leak complications in thoracic lobectomies: results from a national hospital billing dataset

Faiz Bhora1 Health Quest Health System, Poughkeepsie, NY12601, USA
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Sudip K Ghosh2 Global Health Economics and Market Access, Ethicon, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Edmund Kassis3 Medical Affairs, Ethicon, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Andrew Yoo4 Medical Devices - Epidemiology, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Sushama Ramisetti4 Medical Devices - Epidemiology, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Stephen S Johnston4 Medical Devices - Epidemiology, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Sadiq Rehmani5 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai St. Luke‘s Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Iftekhar Kalsekar4 Medical Devices - Epidemiology, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 373-383 | Published online: 06 Jun 2019

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