Audit of safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of local anaesthetic cystodiathermy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 706-709

  Davenport, Kim ^a   Keeley Jr , Francis X ^a   Timoney, Anthony G ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystodiathermy; Laser; Recurrence; Superficial; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78449306292     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12699663904835     Document Type: Article

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