Thoracoscore Risk Bands Substantially Underpredict In-Hospital Mortality After Thoracic Surgery: An External Validation Study in a Tertiary Referral Cohort
Background: Thoracoscore is widely used to estimate preoperative mortality after general thoracic surgery, but its performance in Southeast Asian referral practice is uncertain. Objective: To evaluate the discrimination and calibration of the Thoracoscore risk-band table used routinely at an Indonesian tertiary centre...