Is it safe to insert a testicular prosthesis at the time of radical orchidectomy for testis cancer: An audit of 904 men undergoing radical orchidectomy

BJU International

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-252

  Robinson, Richard ^a,b   Tait, Campbell D ^a,b   Clarke, Noel W ^a,b   Ramani, Vijay A C ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complication; patient outcomes; testicular cancer; testicular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT RISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL ORCHIDECTOMY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84954382424     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12920     Document Type: Article

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