Use of internal stent, external transanastomotic stent or no stent during pediatric pyeloplasty: A decision tree cost-effectiveness analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 673-681

  Yiee, Jenny H ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box 0738 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

costs and cost analysis; kidney pelvis; ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL TRANSANASTOMOTIC STENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL STENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYELOPLASTY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINOMA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78651303993     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.118     Document Type: Article

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