Classification of complications: Is the Clavien-Dindo classification the gold standard?

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-258

  Rassweiler, Jens J ^a   Rassweiler, Marie Claire ^a   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; CLAVIEN DINDO CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COLON INJURY; COLOSTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; KIDNEY RUPTURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEPTICEMIA; STENT; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

EID: 84862841900     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.04.028     Document Type: Editorial

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