Impact of surgeon volume on the morbidity and costs of radical cystectomy in the USA: A contemporary population-based analysis

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 713-721

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a   Reese, Stephen ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a   Bellmunt, Joaquim ^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

complications; costs and cost analysis; cystectomy; morbidity; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84927910097     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12749     Document Type: Article

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