A prospective survey of surgical approaches in clinically localized renal cell carcinoma - A preliminary attempt at surgical quality control

UroOncology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Kirkali, Ziya ^a   Van Poppel, Hein ^b   Tüzel, Emre ^a   Mungan, Ugur ^a   Newling, Donald W ^c   Jacqmin, Didier ^d  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Quality control; Radical nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCISION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLOGY;

EID: 0347925066     PISSN: 15610950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1561095021000092306     Document Type: Article

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