Surgeon variation in patient quality of life after radical prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1295-1301

  Hartz, Arthur ^a   He, Tao ^a   Strope, Seth ^c   Cutler, D Richard ^b   Andriole, Gerald ^c   Dechet, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MO   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical competence; penile erection; penis; prostatectomy; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PERINEAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84875960216     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.118     Document Type: Article

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