Impact of case volumes on the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1181-1187

  Opondo, Dedan ^a   Tefekli, Ahmet ^b   Esen, Tarik ^b   Labate, Gaston ^c   Sangam, Kandasami ^d   De Lisa, Antonello ^e   Shah, Hemendra ^f   De La Rosette, Jean ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Urosalud   (Argentina)

^d Vedanayagam Hospital and Postgraduate Institute ^*  (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Case volume; Complications; Operating time; Outcomes; PCNL; Stone free; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CULTURE;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868547135     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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