Population-level comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open radical nephrectomy for patients with kidney cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4184-4193

  Tan, Hung Jui ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^b   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Wei, John T ^a,b   Miller, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital mortality; intensive care; kidney neoplasm; laparoscopy; length of stay; patient readmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPEN RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052476786     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26014     Document Type: Article

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