%0 Journal Article %T Simple to simplest: the tubeless technique %A Li, Jingpei %A Liu, Jun %A Hamblin, Lindsey %A Liu, Hui %A Liang, Lixia %A Dong, Qinglong %A He, Jianxing %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! Simple to simplest: the tubeless technique %K %X Immediate recovery from thoracic surgery, twenty years ago, this was only a dream of thoracic surgeons. However, in 2016 we have seen the development of techniques culminate to take what may have been a 5-day recovery 20 years ago (1), to immediate patient ambulation and oral intake post operatively and patient discharge within 24 hours (2). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/12156 %V 9 %N 2 %P 222-224 %@ 2077-6624