Variations in timing of surgery among boys who underwent orchidopexy for cryptorchidism

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kokorowski, Paul J ^a   Routh, Jonathan C ^a,b   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Nelson, Caleb P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice variation; Cryptorchidism; Orchidopexy; Pediatrics; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORCHIDOPEXY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS DISEASE; AGE; CRYPTORCHIDISM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 77956289596     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0747     Document Type: Article

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