1. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Evaluating Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer 
Andrew C. Chang, MD, Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD, Daniel P. Raymond, MD, Mitchell J. Magee, MD, Malcolm M. DeCamp, MD, Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH, Eric L. Grogan, MD, MPH, Christopher W. Seder, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Justin D. Blasberg, MD, Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, William R. Burfeind, MD, Stephen D. Cassivi, MD, Bernard J. Park, MD, David M. Shahian, MD, David W. Wormuth, MD, MPH, Jane M. Han, Cameron D. Wright, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Benjamin D. Kozower, MD, MPH Andrew C. Chang, MD, Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD, Daniel P. Raymond, MD, Mitchell J. Magee, MD, Malcolm M. DeCamp, MD, Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH, Eric L. Grogan, MD, MPH, Christopher W. Seder, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Justin D. Blasberg, MD, Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, William R. Burfeind, MD, Stephen D. Cassivi, MD, Bernard J. Park, MD, David M. Shahian, MD, David W. Wormuth, MD, MPH, Jane M. Han, Cameron D. Wright, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Benjamin D. Kozower, MD, MPH 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages (May 2017)
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2. Fig 1
Reported participant operative volume. The operative volume for each of the 167 participants in the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database reporting esophagectomy procedures performed for 2012 through 2014.
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3. Fig 2
Distribution of participants’ composite score for esophagectomy. Participating programs are sorted by increasing operative volume reported for 2012 through The average composite score was (dotted line). Three-star participants (solid arrows) performed better than average, whereas one-star participants (dashed arrows) performed worse than average.
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