Volume outcomes of cystectomy - Is it the surgeon or the setting?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2139-2144

  Morgan, Todd M ^a   Barocas, Daniel A ^a,b   Keegan, Kirk A ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a   Ni, Shenghua ^b   Clark, Peter E ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; SEER program; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DIVERSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869094168     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.042     Document Type: Article

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