The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research

Publication date: November 2018Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 106, Issue 5Author(s): Traves D. Crabtree, Henning A. Gaissert, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Robert H. Habib, Felix G. FernandezAbstractThrough the leadership of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Workforce on Research Development, the STS Research Center now offers three programs that facilitate outcomes research utilizing the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD). (1) The Access and Publications Program supports STS-sponsored projects with data analysis conducted at an STS approved data analytic center, (2) the STS Task Force for Funded Research (TFR) helps STS investigators pursue extramural research funding for projects analyzing STS National Database data, and (3) the Participant User File (PUF) research program that provides investigators with approved projects de-identified patient-level data files from the STS GTSD to be analyzed at their institution. A synopsis of the processes and goals of each program in addition to 2017 based articles published or accepted in 2017 and works in progress are outlined.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research