Robot-assisted Versus Open Radical Prostatectomy: A Contemporary Analysis of an All-payer Discharge Database

European Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 837-845

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Chang, Steven L ^a   Meyer, Christian P ^a   Wang, Ye ^a   Hanske, Julian ^a   Sammon, Jesse D ^c   Cole, Alexander P ^a   Preston, Mark A ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^d   Menon, Mani ^c   Chung, Benjamin I ^e   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness research; Complications; Costs; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Robot assisted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OPERATIVE TIME; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971417900     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.01.044     Document Type: Article

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