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cord-277941-8twjdyjc	Scarci, Marco	Commentary: The double responsibility of the thoracic surgeon at the time of the pandemic: a perspective from the North of Italy	2020-04-10		.txt	text/plain	418	30	59	The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the north of Italy at the end of February 2020 10 has taken the local healthcare system by surprise because of exponential increase in the number of daily 11 cases and sheer number of those needed admission to ICUs (1). 14 Although China was ahead of us in terms of experience there were no data available regarding thoracic 15 surgery and the potential post-operative increase in morbidity and mortality. This article has certainly the merit to raise awareness of the problem among thoracic surgical 39 community; unfortunately, the small sample size and the heterogeneity of surgical interventions (lung 40 and esophageal cancer, non-malignant diseases) weakens the recommendations that can be drawn. Covid-19: Italy confirms 11 deaths as cases spread from north Clinical course of coronavirus disease 2019 in 11 patients after thoracic surgery 58 and challenges in diagnosis Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Role of Chest CT in Diagnosis and 60	./cache/cord-277941-8twjdyjc.txt	./txt/cord-277941-8twjdyjc.txt