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Lobectomy Volume: 2009 – 2015
THORACIC SURGERY
150
149
146
145
121
75
111
109
110
2013
2014
2015
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 – 2015
Volume
UAB Discharge
Mortality
UAB %
Discharge Mortality
STS Benchmark
Discharge Mortality
Lobectomy
330
2
0.6%
1.0%
UAB STS Lobectomy for Lung Cancer Composite Overall Quality Rating
UAB
Participant
Rating
HH
STS Mean
Participant
Score
UAB
Participant
Score (95% CI)
94.0%
97.1%
(95.92, 97.98)
Min
92.21
25th
96.41
Median
97.24
75th
97.88
Max
99.09
l = STS MEAN PARTICIPANT SCORE
Participant performance is not significantly different than the STS mean, based on 97.5% Bayesian probability.
(Source: STS General Thoracic Surgery Database Fall Harvest 2015, period ended 6/30/2015)
8.8%
10.6%
2.9%
77.6%
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Pathology of Lobectomies:
2013 – 2015
UAB thoracic surgeons perform pulmonary
resections to treat benign and malignant
conditions of the lung. They specialize in complex
pulmonary resections such as bilobectomies,
sleeve resections, redo