The effect of regionalization on outcome in pulmonary lobectomy: A Canadian national study Christian J. Finley, MD, MPH, Anna Bendzsak, MD, George Tomlinson,

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The effect of regionalization on outcome in pulmonary lobectomy: A Canadian national study Christian J. Finley, MD, MPH, Anna Bendzsak, MD, George Tomlinson, PhD, Shaf Keshavjee, MD, MSc, David R. Urbach, MD, MSc, Gail E. Darling, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 140, Issue 4, Pages 757-763 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.040 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Number of pulmonary lobectomies in Canada per year. ∗Error bars represent 95% CIs. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 757-763DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.040) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Pulmonary lobectomy mortality rate in Canada per year. ∗Error bars represent 95% CIs. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 757-763DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.040) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Mortality as it relates to the number of procedures done cross-sectionally over the entire study. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 757-763DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.040) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Changing percentage of patients treated at centers with different volumes. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 757-763DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.040) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions