Is ninety-day mortality after resection for lung cancer nearly double 30-day mortality?
Mortality at 30 and 90 days and hospital volume should be monitored by institutions performing major pulmonary resection and benchmarked against hospitals performing at least 30 resections per year.
Although we were unable to demonstrate sufficient statistical evidence that completion thyroidectomy improved the outcome of MIFTC patients, it is noteworthy none of the patient who underwent completion thyroidectomy died of the disease.