1. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research 
Henning A. Gaissert, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Traves Crabtree, MD, William R. Burfeind, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Mark I. Block, MD, Paul H. Schipper, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Robert H. Habib, PhD, David M. Shahian, MD Elizabeth A. David, MD, James M. Donahue, MD, John D. Mitchell, MD, Mark W. Onaitis, MD, Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD, Kristin Mathis, BS, Benjamin D. Kzower, MD, MPH Henning A. Gaissert, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Traves Crabtree, MD, William R. Burfeind, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Mark I. Block, MD, Paul H. Schipper, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Robert H. Habib, PhD, David M. Shahian, MD Elizabeth A. David, MD, James M. Donahue, MD, John D. Mitchell, MD, Mark W. Onaitis, MD, Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD, Kristin Mathis, BS, Benjamin D. Kzower, MD, MPH 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 104, Issue 5, Pages (November 2017)
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2. Fig 1
Procedural volume of robotic and hand-held thoracoscopic lobectomy during the study period.
Reprinted from Louie and colleagues [3] with permission from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. (VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.)
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3. Fig 2
Predicted risk of pulmonary complications after anatomic lung resection for cancer. The vertical bars indicate the interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles).
Reprinted from Williams and colleagues [4] with permission from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. (BMI = body mass index.)
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4. Fig 3
Survival for surgically managed primary lung cancer in patients aged older than 65 years with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database records linked to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. Overall survival based on (A) clinical stage and (B) pathologic stage. Reprinted from Fernandez and colleagues [6] with permission from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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