EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
UK
Do cardiac surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by cardiac surgeons?
Certainty Unknown
Do general surgeons perform lung resections? No
Percentage of lung resections are performed by general surgeons? None
Certainty Accurate, audited data
Do thoracic surgeons perform oesophageal surgery? Yes
What percentage of oesophageal surgery is done by thoracic surgeons? 25%
Certainty Guess
Percentage of thoracic surgeons who undertake oesophageal surgery 60%
Accuracy Roughly accurate
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