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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:253-254
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

General Thoracic Surgery

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Dr David R. Jones (Charlottesville, Va). I have no conflict of interest. I would like to congratulate Dr Boffa and his coauthors on a nicely presented study. Although the GTS-STS database was established in 1999, its subsequent acceptance into the general thoracic surgical community has occurred at a surprisingly slow pace. In fact, as noted by the authors, data included in this study likely represent less than 5% to 7% of all pulmonary resections performed in the United States. Therefore, this inaugural report from Dr Boffa and his colleagues on data harvested from the database is a welcome contribution to the literature. I say this because, finally, board-certified general thoracic surgeons are tracking and now presenting their results, which is in stark contrast to other databases such as CCACS, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, and others, which include outcomes from non–board-certified thoracic surgeons.

Dr Boffa has highlighted the contemporary operation type, morbidity, and mortality associated with surgical treatment of primary . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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