General Thoracic Surgery Public Reporting

The STS General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) contains information on surgical procedures submitted by participants—most often a hospital cardiothoracic surgery department or cardiothoracic surgery group at one or more hospitals; in some instances, a participant may be an individual surgeon.

STS publicly reports participant results for lobectomy for lung cancer and esophagectomy. STS Public Reporting is limited to participants in the US and Canada.

Lobectomy for lung cancer outcomes for GTSD participants are better than national averages. Thus, for the purposes of public reporting, STS believes it is appropriate to present a comparison of GTSD and national outcomes to demonstrate the high performance of GTSD participants.

STS selected the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) as a comparator database to best represent national outcomes. Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the NIS is the largest all-payer inpatient database available in the United States and represents a 20% stratified sample of all hospital discharges from nonfederal facilities. The NIS database includes approximately 8 million inpatient hospital discharge abstracts collected annually for patients of all ages and all sources of insurance. Each discharge record includes a weight that represents the relative proportion of the total US hospital patient population accounted for by that record. This dataset is broadly representative of individuals in the US population who were hospitalized during a given year and is the most generalizable data to represent national lung cancer resection outcomes.

NOTE: Results are based on a participant’s unique group of patients (known as case mix) and the number of surgical procedures in each category. Results and star ratings published are specific to the participant listed and are not intended for direct comparison to other participants.

Participant Name

Location

STS Public Reporting is voluntary, meaning that all participants listed on this website have allowed STS to publish their ratings. You can search for results by surgical procedure, group name, and/or location.

Participant Surgery Groups
Search All Groups
Search Groups by Lobectomy for Lung Cancer
Search Groups by Esophagectomy

Name: Albany Medical Center - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Albany, New York
Name
Albany Medical Center - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Albany, New York

Name: Allina Health Cancer Institute - ANW
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - ANW Minneapolis, Minnesota

Name: Allina Health Cancer Institute - Mercy
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - Mercy Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Name: Allina Health Cancer Institute - United
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - United Saint Paul, Minnesota

Name: Ascension Saint Thomas West
Nashville, Tennessee
Name
Ascension Saint Thomas West Nashville, Tennessee

Name: Ascension TN - St. Thomas Midtown
Nashville, Tennessee
Name
Ascension TN - St. Thomas Midtown Nashville, Tennessee
Ascension TN - St. Thomas Midtown Nashville, Tennessee

Name: Asheville Heart
Asheville, North Carolina
Name
Asheville Heart Asheville, North Carolina

Name: Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, Wisconsin
Name
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, Wisconsin

Name: Aurora Medical Center Summit
Summit, Wisconsin
Name
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, Wisconsin

Name: Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Name
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Name: Barnes Jewish Hospital
St Louis, Missouri
Name
Barnes Jewish Hospital St Louis, Missouri

Name: Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Name
Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, Texas

Name: Borgess Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Name
Borgess Cardiothoracic Surgery Kalamazoo, Michigan

Name: Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Name
Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists Kalamazoo, Michigan

Name: Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Grand Traverse
Traverse City, Michigan
Name
Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Grand Traverse Traverse City, Michigan

Name: CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Name
CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates Chattanooga, Tennessee

Name: Christian Northeast Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
Name
Christian Northeast Hospital St. Louis, Missouri

Name: Christiana Care Associates
Newark, Delaware
Name
Christiana Care Associates Newark, Delaware

Name: CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Name
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler Tyler, Texas

Name: Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Name
Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, Florida

Name: Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group Cleveland, Ohio

Name: Cone Health - Triad Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons
Greensboro, North Carolina
Name
Cone Health - Triad Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons Greensboro, North Carolina

Name: Corvasc MDs, PC
Indianapolis, Indiana
Name
Corvasc MDs, PC Indianapolis, Indiana

Name: Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Name
Emory Healthcare Atlanta, Georgia