The effect of minimally invasive and open radical prostatectomy surgeon volume

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-576

  Choi, Wesley W ^a   Gu, Xiangmei ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   D'Amico, Anthony V ^a,b   Williams, Stephen B ^a   Hu, Jim C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Radical prostatectomy; Robotic surgery; Surgeon volume; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY RETROPUBIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGEON VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WORKLOAD; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866753228     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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