Association of Procedure Volume With Radical Cystectomy Outcomes in a Nationwide Database

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1418-1422

  Barbieri, Christopher E ^a   Lee, Byron ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a   Bingham, John ^a   Clark, Peter E ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical centers; bladder; cystectomy; health care; mortality; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; CYSTECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548423657     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.156     Document Type: Article

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