The impact of hospital volume, residency, and fellowship training on perioperative outcomes after radical prostatectomy

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29.e13-29.e20

  Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,b   Sun, Maxine ^b   Kim, Simon P ^c   Sammon, Jesse ^a   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^d   Friedman, Ariella A ^a   Sukumar, Shyam ^a   Ravi, Praful ^a   Muhletaler, Fred ^a   Agarwal, Piyush K ^e   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^f   Hu, Jim C ^g   Menon, Mani ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Fellowship; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Residency; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANCER SURGERY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE INJURY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; AGED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890788630     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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