Abstract
The thoracic surgery and lung transplantation Assembly of the European Respiratory Society is delighted to present the highlights from the 2020 Virtual International Congress. We have selected four sessions that discussed recent advances in a wide range of topics: From use of robotic surgery in thoracic surgery and extracorporeal life support as a bridge to lung transplantation to lung transplantation in the era of new drugs. The sessions are summarised by early career members in close collaboration with the assembly leadership. We aim to give the reader an update on the highlights of the conference in the fields of thoracic surgery and lung transplantation.
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Conflict of interest: Dr. Esendagli has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Shah has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Batihan has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Magouliotis has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Meloni has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Robin Vos is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow of the Research-Foundation Flanders (FWO), his institution has received research grants, but Robin Vos has no conflicts of interest to report regarding the current manuscript
Conflict of interest: Dr. Elia has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Hellemons has nothing to disclose.
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- Received October 15, 2020.
- Accepted January 13, 2021.
- ©The authors 2021
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