2016
Video-assisted thoracic surgery and open chest surgery in lung cancer treatment: present and future
Detterbeck F, Molins L. Video-assisted thoracic surgery and open chest surgery in lung cancer treatment: present and future. Journal Of Visualized Surgery 2016, 2: 173-173. PMID: 29078558, PMCID: PMC5637756, DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2016.11.03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVideo-assisted thoracic surgeryThoracic surgerySimilar long-term survivalEarly-stage lung cancerShorter hospital stayStage lung cancerLung cancer treatmentOpen chest surgeryLong-term survivalHospital staySurgical resectionOpen surgerySurgical approachLung cancerOpen techniqueChest surgeryEffective treatmentLimited incisionTerm survivalSurgeryOpen approachParticular tumorCancer treatmentTreatmentResectionEstimating the Annual Incremental Cost of Several Complications Following Pulmonary Lobectomy
Jawitz OK, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Wang Z, Kim AW. Estimating the Annual Incremental Cost of Several Complications Following Pulmonary Lobectomy. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2016, 28: 531-540. PMID: 28043473, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2016.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory failureLength of hospitalizationPulmonary lobectomyHospital stayRespiratory failureMajor complicationsAir leakAnnual health care expendituresRetrospective cohort analysisNational Inpatient SampleLength of stayPostoperative air leaksUtilization Project databaseAnnual incremental costMultivariable quantile regression modelsAggregate national costHealth care expendituresHealth care qualityLarge national datasetCommon complicationVATS lobectomyCostly complicationInpatient SampleHospital costsClinical data
2013
Minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open despite shorter length of stay†
Dhamija A, Dhamija A, Hancock J, McCloskey B, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ. Minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open despite shorter length of stay†. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2013, 45: 904-909. PMID: 24092502, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen transthoracicInvasive oesophagectomyOesophageal cancerHigher surgical expenseShorter hospital stayDay of surgeryTotal hospital costsGreater overall costsMIO groupMIO patientsSurgical expensesHospital stayOperative mortalityEntire hospitalizationTranshiatal approachInpatient hospitalizationHealth care economyOpen groupHospital costsShorter lengthInvasive approachTheatre costsBaseline statusInvasive proceduresMedian cost