Centralization of radical prostatectomy in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 500-506

  Anderson, Christopher B ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b   Ni, Shenghua ^a   Makarov, Danil V ^c,d   Barocas, Daniel A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; robotics; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872138585     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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