title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
abstract: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database has grown to more than 500,000 case records. Clinical research supported by the database is increasingly used to advance patient outcomes. This research review from the General Thoracic Surgery Database in 2014 and 2015 discusses 6 recent publications and an ongoing study on longitudinal outcomes in lung cancer surgery from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Task Force for Linked Registries and Longitudinal Follow-up. A lack of database variables specific for certain uncommon procedures limits the ability to study these operations; inclusion of clinical descriptors for selected infrequent but clinically important thoracic disorders is suggested.
authors: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: hgaissert@partners.org.
authors: Henning A
authors: HA
authors: Gaissert
authors: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Felix G
authors: FG
authors: Fernandez
authors: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors: Mark S
authors: MS
authors: Allen
authors: St. Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
authors: William R
authors: WR
authors: Burfeind
authors: Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida.
authors: Mark I
authors: MI
authors: Block
authors: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Donahue
authors: University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
authors: John D
authors: JD
authors: Mitchell
authors: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
authors: Paul H
authors: PH
authors: Schipper
authors: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Mark W
authors: MW
authors: Onaitis
authors: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Andrzej S
authors: AS
authors: Kosinski
authors: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Jeffrey P
authors: JP
authors: Jacobs
authors: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Shahian
authors: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors: Benjamin D
authors: BD
authors: Kozower
authors: University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors: Fred H
authors: FH
authors: Edwards
authors: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
authors: Emily A
authors: EA
authors: Conrad
authors: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors: G Alexander
authors: GA
authors: Patterson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States