Current trends in the management of radical retropubic prostatectomy: Is short-stay RRP feasible in the United Kingdom?

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-53

  Ramsden, A R ^a   Thurairaja, R ^b   Persad, R ^b   Chodak, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathways; Hospital stay; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CEFAZOLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842581938     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500698     Document Type: Review

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