Annual surgical caseload and open radical prostatectomy outcomes: Improving temporal trends

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2285-2290

  Budäus, Lars ^a,b   Abdollah, Firas ^b,d   Sun, Maxine ^b   Morgan, Monica ^b   Johal, Rupinder ^b   Thuret, Rodolphe ^b   Zorn, Kevin C ^b   Isbarn, Hendrik ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^e   Montorsi, Francesco ^d   Perrotte, Paul ^c   Graefen, Markus ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Department of Urology ^*  (Canada)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Complications; Physicians practice patterns; Prostate; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSFUSION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349312682     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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