Impact of surgical volume on mortality and length of stay after nephrectomy

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 862-867

  Taub, David A ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Cowan, John A ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Montie, James E ^a   Wei, John T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342531077     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.11.037     Document Type: Article

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