The impact of surgical experience on total hospital charges for minimally invasive prostatectomy: a population-based study.

  • Lars Budäus
  • Firas Abdollah
  • Maxine Sun
  • Rupinder Johal
  • Monica Morgan
  • Rodolphe Thuret
  • Kevin C Zorn
  • Giovanni Lughezzani
  • Hendrik Isbarn
  • Alexander Haese
  • Shahrokh F Shariat
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Markus Graefen
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

• To evaluate the relationship between surgical volume (SV) and total hospital charges in patients undergoing minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) for treatment of localized prostate cancer.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN1464-4096
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21156018