Abstract
This article outlines a structure for assessing thoracic surgical quality and provides an overview of evidence-based quality metrics for surgical care in both lung cancer and esophageal cancer, with a focus on process and outcome measures in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 227-244 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Thoracic surgery clinics |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- Esophageal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Lymphadenectomy
- Multidisciplinary treatment
- Quality
- R0 resection
- Staging