Trends in Pelvic Lymphadenectomy at the Time of Radical Cystectomy: 1988 to 2004

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2490-2495

  Hellenthal, Nicholas J ^a   Ramírez, Michelle L ^a   Evans, Christopher P ^a   deVere White, Ralph W ^a   Koppie, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cystectomy; incidence; lymph node excision; trends; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349199668     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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