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cord-327720-m6cofbj6	Chakrabarti, Amitabha	Understanding the practice of thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-08-11		.txt	text/plain	2771	148	47	The guidelines, consensus statements, and preliminary recommendations published by the thoracic surgeons so far have appreciated the importance of triage of patients with thoracic surgical diseases and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting. As a result, proper triaging, ensuring safety of patient and health care personnel, and optimal utilization of the available resources remain the cornerstone while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 COVID-19 guidance for triage of operations for thoracic malignancies: a consensus statement from thoracic surgery outcomes research network [2] 2 Preliminary recommendations for lung surgery during COVID-19 epidemic period [3] 3 General thoracic surgery services across Asia during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic [ Besides, we have also reviewed the outcome of the survey of thoracic surgical practices among surgeons of Europe, Asia, and South America, conducted by the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) [10] .	./cache/cord-327720-m6cofbj6.txt	./txt/cord-327720-m6cofbj6.txt