A plea for centralized care for ureteroscopy: Results from a comparative study under different conditions within the same center

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Rioja, Jorge ^a   Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^a   Sodha, Hiren ^a   Suwijn, Sven ^a   Laguna, Pilar ^a   De La Rosette, Jean ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URETEROSCOPY;

CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 79952689618     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0246     Document Type: Article

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