Postoperative Complications Epidemiology
New postoperative complications epidemiology findings from New York Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery described
Published in Blood Weekly, February 18th, 2010
New research, 'Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: a propensity-matched analysis from the STS database,' is the subject of a report. "Several single-institution series have demonstrated that compared with open thoracotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy may be associated with fewer postoperative complications. In the absence of randomized trials, we queried the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to compare postoperative mortality and morbidity following open and video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy," researchers in the United States report.
"A propensity-matched analysis using a large national database may enable...
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