High-grade hydronephrosis predicts poor outcomes after radical cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-373

  Kim, Dong Suk ^a   Cho, Kang Su ^a   Lee, Young Hoon ^a   Cho, Nam Hoon ^a   Oh, Young Taek ^a   Hong, Sung Joon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Hydronephrosis; Prognosis; Urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952300691     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.3.369     Document Type: Article

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