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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsDatabases, FactualFemaleHospital MortalityHumansMaleNeoplasmsOutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSurgery Department, HospitalSurgical Procedures, OperativeSurvival RateUnited StatesConceptsComplex 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 reportingMortalityRSMRCancerThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database 2019 Update on Outcomes and Quality
Seder CW, Magee MJ, Broderick SR, Brown LM, Blasberg JD, Kozower BD, Fernandez FG, Welsh R, Gaissert HA, Burfeind W, Becker S, Raymond D. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database 2019 Update on Outcomes and Quality. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 107: 1302-1306. PMID: 30898564, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDatabases, FactualHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality ImprovementSocieties, MedicalThoracic SurgeryThoracic Surgical Procedures
2017
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Evaluating Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Force T, Chang A, Kosinski A, Raymond D, Magee M, DeCamp M, Farjah F, Grogan E, Seder C, Allen M, Blasberg J, Blackmon S, Burfeind W, Cassivi S, Park B, Shahian D, Wormuth D, Han J, Wright C, Fernandez F, Kozower B. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Evaluating Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 103: 1661-1667. PMID: 28385375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAwards and PrizesEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsSocieties, MedicalThoracic SurgeryUnited StatesConceptsOperative mortality rateMortality rateMajor complicationsEsophageal cancerComposite scoreSurgical proceduresRisk-adjusted operative mortality ratesSTS participantsShorter postoperative lengthMajor complication rateCardiac surgical proceduresNational Inpatient SampleLow procedure volumeRisk-adjusted outcomesCancer surgical proceduresThoracic Surgeons composite scoreComposite quality measurePostoperative lengthComplication rateInpatient SampleLung cancerStudy populationEsophagectomyThoracic surgeonsProcedure volume
2016
Defining outcomes of patients with clinical stage I small cell lung cancer upstaged at surgery
Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Defining outcomes of patients with clinical stage I small cell lung cancer upstaged at surgery. Lung Cancer 2016, 103: 75-81. PMID: 28024700, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyDatabases, FactualFemaleGuidelines as TopicHumansLung NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOutcome Assessment, Health CarePneumonectomyPostoperative PeriodRadiotherapySmall Cell Lung CarcinomaSurvival AnalysisConceptsStage I small cell lung cancerClinical stage ISmall cell lung cancerCell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapySurgical resectionPathologic upstagingStage IRadiation therapyNodal diseaseLung cancerPositive lymph node involvementNational Cancer DatabaseOutcomes of patientsLymph node involvementProportion of patientsCurative intentNodal upstagingSCLC patientsUpstaged patientsAdjuvant therapyNode involvementIndependent predictorsInferior survivalT descriptor