2022
Association of Lymph Node Sampling and Clinical Volume in Lobectomy for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Udelsman BV, Chang DC, Boffa DJ, Gaissert HA. Association of Lymph Node Sampling and Clinical Volume in Lobectomy for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2022, 115: 166-173. PMID: 35752354, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerHigh-volume centersThoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseGeneral Thoracic Surgery DatabaseMedium-volume centersLow-volume centersCell lung cancerThoracic Surgery DatabaseNodal harvestParticipant centersLymph nodesLung cancerSurgery DatabaseLymph node samplingMultivariable logistic regressionHigher center volumeLong-term survivalPotential quality metricElective lobectomyAdjuvant therapyNodal yieldGuideline adherencePrimary outcomeUnivariable analysisMultivariable analysis
2019
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research
Crabtree TD, Boffa DJ, Lobdell KW, Habib RH, Gaissert HA. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: 1293-1298. PMID: 31520641, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Lack of correlation between short- and long-term performance after lung cancer surgery
Fernandez FG, Kosinski AS, Tong BC, Furnary AP, Feng L, Onaitis M, Boffa D, Wright CD, Cowper P, Jacobs JP, Habib RH, Putnam JB. Lack of correlation between short- and long-term performance after lung cancer surgery. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 157: 1633-1643.e3. PMID: 30635179, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer surgeryStandardized incidence ratiosCancer surgeryLong-term survivalPerioperative morbidityIncidence ratiosPathologic stage I lung cancerStage I lung cancerThoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseI lung cancerPerioperative major morbidityGeneral Thoracic Surgery DatabaseLong-term time pointsSeparate multivariable modelsSafety of surgeryThoracic Surgery DatabaseMajor morbidityOncologic efficacyLung cancerSurgery DatabaseMultivariable modelStudy populationSurgeryMorbidityTime points