Prospective evaluation of a novel one-stop testicular clinic

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 565-570

  Rochester, Mark ^a,b   Scurrell, Sue ^a   Parry, John R W ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; One stop testicular clinic

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHIECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 55049133100     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X301055     Document Type: Article

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