Propensity-matched comparison of morbidity and costs of open and robot-assisted radical cystectomies: A contemporary population-based analysis in the United States

European Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 569-576

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a   Reese, Stephen W ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Bellmunt, Joaquim ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a   Chung, Benjamin I ^b   Kibel, Adam S ^a   Chang, Steven L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Comparative effectiveness research; Complications; Costs; Radical cystectomy; Robot assisted

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84905870160     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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