Influence of hospital and surgeon volumes on operative time, blood loss and perioperative complications in radical nephrectomy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Yasunaga, Hideo ^a   Yanaihara, Hitoshi ^b   Fuji, Kohzo ^c   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^d   Deguchi, Nobuhiro ^b   Ohe, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Nephrectomy; Surgeon volume; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49549092017     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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