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Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1415-1421 , June 2009

Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer

Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH
- Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Douglas E. Wood, MD
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Michael S. Mulligan, MD
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Bahirathan Krishnadasan, MD
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Patrick J. Heagerty, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
Rebecca Gaston Symons, MPH
- Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
David R. Flum, MD, MPH
- Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
- Address for reprints: David R. Flum, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific, Box 356410, Seattle, WA 98195-6310.

Received 19 May 2008 ,Revised 28 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 November 2008.

Temporal trends in the use of video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) among patients, surgeons, and hospitals.

Temporal trends in the use of video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) among patients, surgeons, and hospitals.
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Dr Farjah was supported by a Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics Training Grant (T32 CA09168-30) and Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32 CA130434-01) from the National Cancer Institute.

PII: S0022-5223(08)02049-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.035

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