Effects of surgeon variability on oncologic and functional outcomes in a population-based setting

BMC Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Carlsson, Sigrid ^a,b   Berglund, Anders ^c   Sjoberg, Daniel ^a   Khatami, Ali ^b   Stranne, Johan ^b   Bergdahl, Svante ^b   Lodding, Pär ^b   Aus, Gunnar ^d   Vickers, Andrew ^a   Hugosson, Jonas ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Urinary function

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE MIX; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84898548370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-14-25     Document Type: Article

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