@article{72be92f3c0a548ed9d6c32457703f5f5,
title = "Decreasing the Preincision Time for Pulmonary Lobectomy: The Process of Lean and Value Stream Mapping",
author = "Cerfolio, \{Robert James\} and Steenwyk, \{Brad L.\} and Caroline Watson and James Sparrow and Victoria Belopolsky and Matthew Townsley and Ralph Lyerly and Michelle Downing and Ayesha Bryant and Gurley, \{William Quinton\} and Colleen Henling and Jack Crawford and Gayeski, \{Thomas E.\}",
note = "Background Our objective was to evaluate our results after the implementation of lean (the elimination of wasteful parts of a process). Methods After meetings with our anesthesiologists, we standardized our {"}in the operating room-to-skin incision protocols{"} before pulmonary lobectomy. Patients were divided into consecutive cohorts of 300 lobectomy patients.",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/J.ATHORACSUR.2015.09.004",
language = "American English",
volume = "101",
journal = "The Annals of Thoracic Surgery",
number = "3",
}