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 ResearchConceptsOperative 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