Threshold volumes for urological cancer surgery: A survey of UK urologists

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1010-1013

  Nuttall, Martin C ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, Jan ^a,b,c   McIntosh, Gregor ^b   Gillatt, David ^b   Emberton, Mark ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Surgical outcomes; Urological cancer; Volume thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CYSTECTOMY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ILEAL CONDUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINUMUM VOLUME THRESHOLD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROLOGY; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 9644263963     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05095.x     Document Type: Review

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