Impact of annual surgical volume on length of stay in patients undergoing minimally invasive prostatectomy: A population-based study

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-434

  Budaus L ^a,b   Morgan, M ^b   Abdollah, F ^b   Zorn, K C ^b   Sun, M ^b   Johal, R ^b   Thuret, R ^b   Abdo, A ^b   Schmitges, J ^a   Isbarn, H ^a   Jeldres, C ^b   Perrotte, P ^b   Graefen, M ^a   Karakiewicz, P I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Length of stay; Minimally invasive prostatectomy; Outcome volume relationship; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNUAL HOSPITAL VOLUME; ANNUAL SURGICAL VOLUME; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROSTATECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953905142     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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