EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
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Do cardiac surgeons perform lung resections? No
Percentage of lung resections are performed by cardiac surgeons? Less than 1%
Certainty Roughly accurate
Do general surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by general surgeons? Less than 5%
Certainty Roughly accurate
Do thoracic surgeons perform oesophageal surgery? Yes
What percentage of oesophageal surgery is done by thoracic surgeons? Less than 10%
Certainty Roughly accurate
Percentage of thoracic surgeons who undertake oesophageal surgery 15%
Accuracy Roughly accurate
Comments on oesophageal surgery Enter any comments here Mostly performed by General Surgeons