National trends and disparities in the use of minimally invasive adult pyeloplasty.

  • Shyam Sukumar
  • Maxine Sun
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz
  • Ariella A Friedman
  • Felix Chun
  • Jesse Sammon
  • Khurshid R Ghani
  • Praful Ravi
  • Marco Bianchi
  • Wooju Jeong
  • Shahrokh F Shariat
  • Jens Hansen
  • James O Peabody
  • Jack S Elder
  • Mani Menon
  • Quoc-Dien Trinh

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Abstract

Minimally invasive pyeloplasty might have several advantages compared to open pyeloplasty in the management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Nonetheless, minimally invasive pyeloplasty appears to be underused in North America. We examined specific patient and hospital characteristics that may be associated with these disparities.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number3
ISSN0022-5347
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22819404