2019
Quality Versus Quantity
Chiu AS, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Herrin J, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Monsalve AF, Jean RA, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. Quality Versus Quantity. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29697446, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cancer surgeryCancer surgerySafe hospitalComplex oncologic surgeryPotential mortality reductionNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-volume hospitalsHospital quality measuresSurgical mortalityPrimary cancerHospital rating systemsOncologic surgeryCancer DatabaseMortality reductionSurgical volumeHospital safetyPatient realignmentPatientsHospitalSurgeryMeaningful reductionPublic reportingMortalityRSMRCancer
2018
Robotic-Assisted Lobectomies in the National Cancer Database
Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Narayan R, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Robotic-Assisted Lobectomies in the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 226: 1052-1062.e15. PMID: 29574177, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseRobotic lobectomyLung cancerCancer DatabaseOutcomes of patientsPropensity-matched analysisThoracoscopic surgery lobectomyExperienced hospitalsOverall conversion ratePerioperative morbidityPrimary outcomePatient selectionAttendant sequelaeOpen procedureLobectomyAssisted LobectomyHigh mortalityHospitalPatientsMortalityIndividual hospitalsRate of conversionSignificant differencesYears of experienceOutcomes
2012
Current Status of Lung Cancer Screening
Ahmad U, Detterbeck FC. Current Status of Lung Cancer Screening. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2012, 24: 27-36. PMID: 22643659, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2012.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
An analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis of the perioperative mortality after neoadjuvant therapy and pneumonectomy for non–small cell lung cancer
Kim AW, Boffa DJ, Wang Z, Detterbeck FC. An analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis of the perioperative mortality after neoadjuvant therapy and pneumonectomy for non–small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2011, 143: 55-63. PMID: 22056364, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeoadjuvant therapyPerioperative mortalityRight pneumonectomyLeft pneumonectomyNon-small cell lung cancerCumulative mortalityCell lung cancerSystematic PubMed searchFixed-effects modelPulmonary complicationsLung cancerCommon causePneumonectomyMortality differencesPubMed searchMortality figuresSystematic reviewMortalityTherapyOriginal articlesSearch strategyComplicationsCancerStudy