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"Pre-operative suitability is often assessed with a thoracic CT scan. This should also be complimented by relevant clinical factors (presence of severe ischaemic heart disease, etc.) and respiratory function assessment."

Line 2:4 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'Pre-operative'.
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"heterogenous pattern of emphysema - patients with large upper lobe lesions: respond better to LVRS than patients with small uniformly distributed disease 3."

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"higher percentage of normal and mildly emphysematous lung at CT 6."

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"heterogenous pattern of emphysema - patients with large upper lobe lesions: respond better to LVRS than patients with small uniformly distributed disease 3."

Line 6:8 · Radiopaedia advises the '-eous' form: 'heterogeneous' rather than 'heterogenous'.
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