Impact of case volume on outcomes of ureteroscopy for ureteral stones: The clinical research office of the endourological society ureteroscopy global study

European Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1046-1051

  Kandasami, Sangam V ^a   Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^b   El Nahas, Ahmed R ^c   Averch, Timothy ^d   Tuncay, O Levent ^e   Rawandale Patil, Ashish ^f   Cormio, Luigi ^g   De La Rosette, Jean J ^h  

^a Vedanayagam Hospital and Postgraduate Institute ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f Institute of Urology   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case volume; Clavien grade; Complications; Treatment outcome; Ureteral stones; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT READMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84909955229     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.06.054     Document Type: Article

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