Impact of annual surgical volume on length of stay in patients undergoing minimally invasive prostatectomy: a population-based study.

  • Lars Budäus
  • M Morgan
  • F Abdollah
  • K C Zorn
  • M Sun
  • R Johal
  • R Thuret
  • A Abdo
  • Jan Schmitges
  • Hendrik Isbarn
  • C Jeldres
  • P Perrotte
  • Markus Graefen
  • P I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

On average, patients remain hospitalized no more than 2 days after MIRP. The aim of our study was to examine the temporal trends in length of stay ? 3 days and to test the relationship between annual surgical volume (ASV) and annual hospital volume (AHV) and length of stay ? 3 days in patients undergoing MIRP.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer5
ISSN0748-7983
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
pubmed 21492776