Predicting Length of Stay Following Radical Nephrectomy Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.

Purpose: Length of stay is frequently used to measure the quality of health care, although its predictors are not well studied in urology. We created a predictive model of length of stay after nephrectomy, focusing on preoperative variables.

Materials And Methods: We used the NSQIP database to evaluate patients older than 18 years who underwent nephrectomy without concomitant procedures from 2007 to 2011.

Preoperative Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Independently Predicts Overall Survival in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma following Radical Nephrectomy.

Objectives. To determine the relationship between preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and overall survival in localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following nephrectomy. Methods.