Practice patterns and individual variability of surgeons performing radical prostatectomy at a high volume academic center

Journal of Urology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 812-819

  Patel, Hiten D ^a   Humphreys, Elizabeth ^a   Trock, Bruce J ^a   Han, Misop ^a   Carter, H Ballentine ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; physician's practice patterns; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; risk

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; GEOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREND STUDY; UROLOGIST; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84922634280     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.08.101     Document Type: Article

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