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  • Surgical Outcomes

Background:

  • The Volume Pledge initiative sets minimum annual patient volumes for hospitals and surgeons performing lung cancer resections.
  • Assessing the impact of these thresholds on short-term outcomes is crucial for quality improvement in thoracic surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between short-term outcomes and adherence to Volume Pledge criteria for lung cancer resection.
  • To explore alternative volume thresholds for hospitals and surgeons if the Volume Pledge criteria are not associated with improved outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (2015-2017).
  • Generalized estimating equations were used to compare outcomes between providers meeting and not meeting Volume Pledge criteria (hospital ≥40/year, surgeon ≥20/year).
  • Restricted cubic splines modeled the continuous association between provider volume and short-term outcomes.

Main Results:

  • No significant association was found between meeting Volume Pledge criteria and operative mortality, complications, major morbidity, or failure to rescue.
  • A marginally shorter length of stay (0.5 days) was observed for patients treated by providers meeting Volume Pledge criteria.
  • Intermediate-volume hospitals showed the highest risk of complications; surgeon volume had an inverse linear association with major morbidity and length of stay, with only 8% of surgeons demonstrating volumes linked to better outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • The Volume Pledge criteria did not demonstrate a significant benefit for short-term outcomes in lung cancer resection, except for a minor reduction in length of stay.
  • Re-evaluation of volume-outcome relationships provided mixed results, lacking a clear alternative for practical, volume-based quality improvement strategies.