Comparative analysis of outcomes and costs following open radical cystectomy versus robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy: Results from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1239-1244

  Yu, Hua Yin ^a   Hevelone, Nathanael D ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^b   Nguyen, Paul L ^c   Choueiri, Toni K ^c   Kibel, Adam S ^a   Hu, Jim C ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cost; Cystectomy; Outcomes; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860289027     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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