VARIATIONS AMONG HIGH VOLUME SURGEONS IN THE RATE OF COMPLICATIONS AFTER RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT TECHNIQUE MATTERS
- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 173 (6) , 2099-2103
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000158163.21079.66
Abstract
Purpose: A strong association between surgeon, hospital volume and postoperative morbidity of radical prostatectomy has been demonstrated. While better outcomes are associated with high vol...Keywords
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