Low Annual Caseloads of United States Surgeons Conducting Radical Prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2677-2681

  Savage, Caroline J ^a   Vickers, Andrew J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 71849104814     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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