Self-reported volume of radical prostatectomies among urologists in the USA

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Denberg, Thomas D ^a,d   Flanigan, Robert C ^b   Kim, Fernando J ^a   Hoffman, Richard M ^c   Steiner, John F ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Postoperative complications; Prostatectomy; Surgery; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SELF REPORT; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGY;

EID: 33846211952     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06649.x     Document Type: Article

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