Effect of Healthcare Provider Characteristics on Nodal Yield at Radical Cystectomy

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-132

  Kulkarni, Girish S ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^a   Lockwood, Gina ^a   Saravanan, Arthy ^a   Evans, Andrew ^a   Jewett, Michael A S ^a   Trachtenberg, John ^a   Robinette, Michael ^a   Fleshner, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PELVIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45849114008     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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