Performance comparisons in major uro-oncological surgeries between the USA and Japan

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1145-1150

  Sugihara, Toru ^a,b   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^c   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Dalton, Jarrod E ^a   Schold, Jesse ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Homma, Yukio ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Nephrectomy; Nephroureterectomy; Prostatectomy; Radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84937214133     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12548     Document Type: Article

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