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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited Commentary

Department of Surgery, Wright State University, School of Medicine, One Wyoming St, 7801 WCHE, Dayton, OH 45409

(Email: alex.little@wright.edu).

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I believe that this important article [1] should encourage two reactions from thoracic surgery groups as follows:

The first response is to acknowledge the importance and value of scrutinizing one's individual and group practice outcomes from a critical eye. So for me, the focus is not so much on the specific quality indicators that were chosen in this report and to quibble whether or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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