Is there a relationship between leapfrog volume thresholds and perioperative outcomes after radical cystectomy?

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27.e7-27.e13

  Sun, Maxine ^a   Ravi, Praful ^b   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a   Sukumar, Shyam ^c   Sammon, Jesse ^c   Bianchi, Marco ^d   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^e   Jeong, Wooju ^c   Ghani, Khurshid R ^c   Hansen, Jens ^f   Friedman, Ariella ^c   Perrotte, Paul ^a   Peabody, James O ^c   Menon, Mani ^c   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Complication; Cystectomy; Leapfrog; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CYSTECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEAPFROG VOLUME THRESHOLD; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SEROMA; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; WOUND COMPLICATION; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84890801907     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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