Examining the location and cause of death within 30 days of radical prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-544

  Alibhai, Shabbir M H ^a,b,c   Leach, Marc ^a   Tomlinson, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Mortality; Postoperative complications; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644417911     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05335.x     Document Type: Article

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