The Role of Provider Volume on Outcomes After Sling Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1457-1462

  Anger, Jennifer T ^a   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Pashos, Chris L ^b   Litwin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

female; outcome assessment (health care); prolapse; prostheses and implants; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVAGINAL SLING PROCEDURE; REOPERATION; SKILL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; URETHRA SURGERY; URINE RETENTION; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947255496     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

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