The influence of body mass index on the cost of radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1188-1193

  Bolenz, Christian ^a,b   Gupta, Amit ^a   Hotze, Timothy ^a   Ho, Richard ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Roehrborn, Claus G ^a   Lotan, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; cost analysis; economics; obesity; prostate cancer; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77957608305     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09242.x     Document Type: Article

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