Racial disparities in postoperative complications after radical nephrectomy: A population-based analysis

Urology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1411-1416

  Chung, Benjamin I ^a   Leow, Jeffrey J ^b   Gelpi Hammerschmidt, Francisco ^b   Wang, Ye ^b   Del Giudice, Francesco ^a,c   De, Smita ^a   Chou, Eric P ^a   Song, Kang Hyon ^d   Almario, Leanne ^a   Chang, Steven L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931957407     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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