Purpose: A high volume of thoracic surgery is performed in Australia and New Zealand each year, although no national database exists for the routine capture of clinical outcomes. A thoracic surgery database would allow clinical research, internal hospital auditing, hospital benchmarking, development of risk prediction models, and assessment of healthcare resource utilisation.
- Seco M, Carelli M, Irons J, Bayfield M, Yan T, Wilson M, Byrom M, Vallely M, Bannon PG