Thoracic Surgery
Sanger’s thoracic surgeons are national leaders in diagnosing and treating a wide range of complex thoracic conditions. Our expertise in minimally invasive robot-assisted lung surgery and other state-of-the-art techniques enables us to achieve some of our region’s top outcomes, and we have some of the nation’s lowest rates for converting to open surgery.
Improving Care Via ERAS®
Improving Care Via ERAS®
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Since 2018, our ERAS® program has enabled us to:
- Reduce our median length of stay from 5 days to 3 days. Onethird of our patients go home by postoperative day 2 and 62% go home by day 3.
- Achieve readmission rates at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center that are 60% lower than benchmark, placing us in the top decile in the nation. (Source: Premier)
Thoracic Surgery
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0.93%
Thoracic Surgery In-Hospital Mortality Rate
(Excluding Lobectomies)
Cedaron STS Database, August 2022 - July 2023 -
393
Lobectomy Cases
STS report period ending June 2023 -
17,000
Thoracic Surgery
Patients with Levine Cancer Lung Cancer Screenings
Internal Data, August 2022 - September 2023 -
0.3%
Discharge Mortality for Lobectomy
STS Median 0.6%, NIS 1.02%
STS report period ending June 2023 -
97.3%
Robotic Lobectomy Performed for Stage I Lung Cancer
STS Median 88.5%
STS report period ending June 2023
Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries
Our team has performed more than 1,100 robotic lobectomies and a total of 1,500 robotic procedures at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health Pineville and Atrium Health Cabarrus.
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235
Total Surgery Volume
Cedaron STS Database, August 2022 - July 2023 -
5.96%
30-Day Readmission Rate
Cedaron STS Database, August 2022 - July 2023 -
0.43%
30-Day Mortality Rate
Cedaron STS Database, August 2022 - July 2023
Leadership
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Jeffrey Hagen, MD
Chief, Thoracic Surgery