Effect of Postcystectomy Infectious Complications on Cost, Length of Stay, and Mortality

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 598-602

  Davies, Benjamin J ^a   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^b   Konety, Badrinath R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 60549103856     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.09.080     Document Type: Article

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