EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
NETHERLANDS
Do cardiac surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by cardiac surgeons? 25 %
Certainty Roughly accurate
Do general surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by general surgeons? 75%
Certainty Roughly accurate
Do thoracic surgeons perform oesophageal surgery? No
What percentage of oesophageal surgery is done by thoracic surgeons? Nil
Certainty Accurate, audited data
Percentage of thoracic surgeons who undertake oesophageal surgery Nil
Accuracy Accurate, audited data
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