Publications by authors named "Quinton V Cancel"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers looked at how patient backgrounds and experiences affected their choices in different prostate cancer surgeries, especially a new robot-assisted method.
- They found that the type of surgery didn’t seem to be influenced by patients’ age, race, or other factors, but there were some differences in health scores based on income and education.
- Overall, there was no clear sign that patients were choosing the robot-assisted surgery just because it was new, but the research showed some interesting trends in health quality based on patient backgrounds.
Purpose: Many abstracts presented at scientific meetings never come to full text publication, which is a prerequisite for the critical appraisal of a given study for its validity, impact and generalizability. We determined factors associated with the publication of abstracts presented at the American Urological Association national meeting.
Materials And Methods: All abstracts addressing clinical research accepted for presentation at the 2002 and 2003 meetings of the American Urological Association were reviewed.
Objectives: To prospectively assess the health-related quality-of-life outcomes of patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy using a validated patient self-assessment questionnaire.
Methods: Patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy between September 2003 and May 2005 were given the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire preoperatively and 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months postoperatively. Patients with a minimum follow-up of 3 months were included in the analysis.
Objectives: To compare the perioperative outcomes of severely obese and nonobese patients undergoing radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP).
Methods: A cohort of 71 severely obese patients, as defined by a body mass index of 35 kg/m2 or more, who underwent RPP between 1992 and 2003 was retrospectively identified. These patients were matched by age, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, and year of surgery to a cohort of 71 nonobese patients (body mass index less than 25 kg/m2).