Specialty Training and Mortality After Esophageal Cancer Resection Justin B. Dimick, MD, Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS, Mark B. Orringer, MD, John D. Birkmeyer, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages 282-286 (July 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.044 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Operative mortality rates for esophageal resection performed by thoracic versus general surgeons, high-volume versus low-volume surgeons, and at high-volume versus low-volume hospitals. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 282-286DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.044) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Risk-adjusted mortality rates for general and thoracic surgeons stratified by hospital volume (A) and surgeon volume (B). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 282-286DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.044) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions