Impact of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Elective Pneumonectomy in the United States.
CONCLUSIONS: High volume hospital status is strongly associated with reduced mortality and failure-to-rescue rates after pneumonectomy. Efforts to centralize care or disseminate best practices may lead to improved national outcomes for this high-risk procedure.
PMID: 32553767 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Hadaya J, Dobaria V, Aguayo E, Mandelbaum A, Sanaiha Y, Revels SL, Benharash P Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research