Utilization of Cardiothoracic Surgeons for Operative Penetrating Thoracic Trauma and Its Impact on Clinical Outcomes Nathan M. Mollberg, DO, Deborah Tabachnik, MD, Farhood Farjah, MD, Fang-Ju Lin, MS, Amir Vafa, MD, Khaled Abdelhady, MD, Gary J. Merlotti, MD, Douglas E. Wood, MD, Malek G. Massad, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 445-450 (August 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.033 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Use of cardiothoracic surgeons over time. Blue bars represent percent total operations performed; red bars represent percent emergent/urgent operations performed; green bars represent percent non–emergent/urgent operations performed. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 445-450DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.033) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions