2013
Lethality of Cardiovascular Events Highlights the Variable Impact of Complication Type Between Thoracoscopic and Open Pulmonary Lobectomies
Law TD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Wang Z, Park HS, Kim AW. Lethality of Cardiovascular Events Highlights the Variable Impact of Complication Type Between Thoracoscopic and Open Pulmonary Lobectomies. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2013, 97: 993-999. PMID: 24370204, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen cohortNumber of complicationsVATS cohortComplication typePulmonary lobectomyUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-9-CM codesOpen pulmonary lobectomyOpen thoracotomy approachPrimary lung malignancyPrimary lung cancerClinical Modification codesLogistic regression modelingGastrointestinal complicationsCardiovascular complicationsCardiovascular eventsPerioperative complicationsPerioperative mortalityPostoperative complicationsThoracotomy approachLung malignancyOpen lobectomyVATS lobectomyLung cancer
2011
Impact of Hospital Volume of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy on Primary Lung Cancer Outcomes
Park HS, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Impact of Hospital Volume of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy on Primary Lung Cancer Outcomes. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2011, 93: 372-379. PMID: 21945225, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary lung cancer patientsLung cancer patientsShorter LOSMultivariable analysisMedian LOSHospital volumeIndependent predictorsPulmonary lobectomyOpen lobectomyCancer patientsVAT volumeUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomyHospital operative volumeShorter median LOSLung cancer outcomesPrimary lung cancerHigher hospital volumeShort-term outcomesThoracoscopic surgery lobectomyDiseases procedure codesTotal complicationsHospital lengthHospital morbidityVATS patients