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Relationship between surgical volume and patient outcomes
Author(s) -
Spaliviero Massimiliano,
Eastham James A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.443
Subject(s) - prostatectomy , medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , surgical procedures , general surgery , surgery , prostate , physics , cancer , quantum mechanics
The authors discuss the inverse relationship between hospital volume of surgical procedures and rates of operative mortality, looking in particular at surgeons' experience of performing radical prostatectomy and patient outcomes.