Variation in pelvic lymph node dissection among patients undergoing radical prostatectomy by hospital characteristics and surgical approach: Results from the national cancer database

Journal of Urology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 820-825

  Wang, Elyn H ^a   Yu, James B ^b   Gross, Cary P ^a,b   Smaldone, Marc C ^c   Shah, Nilay D ^d   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^e   Nguyen, Paul L ^f   Sun, Maxine ^g   Han, Leona C ^d   Kim, Simon P ^b,h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

lymph node excision; prostatectomy; quality of health care; robotics; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; GLEASON SCORE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERY ELDERLY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922649616     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.09.019     Document Type: Article

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