Title
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Abstract
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database has grown to more than 500,000 case records. Clinical research supported by the database is increasingly used to advance patient outcomes. This research review from the General Thoracic Surgery Database in 2014 and 2015 discusses 6 recent publications and an ongoing study on longitudinal outcomes in lung cancer surgery from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Task Force for Linked Registries and Longitudinal Follow-up. A lack of database variables specific for certain uncommon procedures limits the ability to study these operations; inclusion of clinical descriptors for selected infrequent but clinically important thoracic disorders is suggested.
First Page
1444
Last Page
1451
DOI
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.014
Publication Date
11-1-2016
Recommended Citation
Gaissert, Henning A.; Fernandez, Felix G.; Allen, Mark S.; Burfeind, William R.; Block, Mark I.; Donahue, James M.; Mitchell, John D.; Schipper, Paul H.; Onaitis, Mark W.; Kosinski, Andrzej S.; Jacobs, Jeffrey P.; Shahian, David M.; Kozower, Benjamin D.; Edwards, Fred H.; Conrad, Emily A.; and Patterson, G. Alexander, "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research" (2016). Department of Surgery @SLUHN Articles & Publications. 18.
https://crin.sluhn.org/ndos_ap/18