Published surgical success rates in pediatric urology - Fact or fiction?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 1643-1648

  Prasad, Michaella M ^a,b   Marks, Andrew ^d   Vasquez, Evalynn ^c   Yerkes, Elizabeth B ^a   Cheng, Earl Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; outcome assessment; pediatrics; treatment outcome; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER SURGERY; CHILD UROLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PYELOPLASTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER REIMPLANTATION; UROLOGIST;

EID: 84866135981     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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