Volume-outcome relationships in the treatment of renal tumors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1984-1988

  Abouassaly, Robert ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^b   Tomlinson, George A ^b   Urbach, David R ^b   Alibhai, Shabbir M H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

hospitals; kidney; kidney neoplasms; nephrectomy; physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGY;

EID: 84861099059     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.01.076     Document Type: Article

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