The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation Arman Kilic, MD, Timothy J. George, MD, Claude A. Beaty, MD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, John V. Conte, MD, Ashish S. Shah, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 144, Issue 6, Pages 1502-1509 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.047 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Rates of postoperative complications by center volume. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1502-1509DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.047) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival stratified by number of complications. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1502-1509DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.047) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves stratified by center volume for patients with any complication (A), renal failure requiring dialysis (B), stroke (C), reoperation (D), infection (E), and rejection (F). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1502-1509DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.047) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions