Comparing the timing of surgery for congenital lung malformations in children throughout the United States
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Monique Motta, Rainya Heath, Hayley Carroll, Deep Vakil, Betsy C. Rodriguez, Azalia Avila, Holly Neville, Joshua Parreco, Tamar Levene
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Timing and approach to the surgical resection of congenital lung malformations (CLMs) in infancy are driven by severity of symptoms, potential for malignancy and infection risk. There are currently no standards to the management CLMs. Therefore, we compared practice variations for CLMs in infants throughout the US.
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