Safely reducing length of stay after open radical retropubic prostatectomy under the guidance of a clinical care pathway

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 747-751

  Chang, Sam S ^a   Cole, Emily ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Baumgartner, Roxelyn ^a   Wells, Nancy ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Length of stay; Morbidity; Pathway; Prostate carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23444439751     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21233     Document Type: Article

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