When surgeons remove a portion of a cancerous lung, one of the most frustrating complications they can face is air. A persistent leak from the lung’s cut surface or staple lines — known as prolonged air leak — keeps chest tubes in place far longer than anyone would like, extends hospital stays, inflates costs, and elevates the risk of infection and other downstream problems. Now, a research team in China has developed a machine learning tool tha…
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