Effect of age and surgical approach on complications and short-term mortality after radical prostatectomy - A population-based study

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-307

  Lu Yao, Grace L ^a   Albertsen, Peter ^b   Warren, Joan ^c   Yao, Siu Long ^d  

^a HealthStat   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032787201     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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