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National Surgical Trends and Perioperative Outcomes of Midurethral Sling Placement for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Urology
January 2017
Urology Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address:
Objective: To determine contemporary trends, patient characteristics, and outcomes for midurethral sling placement (MUS) at inpatient and ambulatory facilities from a national database.
Materials And Methods: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we identified 7767 women who underwent isolated MUS 2006-2012. We stratified patients by hospitalization type (outpatient vs hospitalization).
Association between surgeon and hospital characteristics and lymph node counts from radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection.
Urology
April 2015
Yale University, Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, New Haven, CT; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Urology Institute, Cleveland, OH; University Hospital Case Medical Center, Center for Health Care Quality and Outcomes, Cleveland, OH; Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Comprehensive Medical Center, Cleveland OH. Electronic address:
Objective: To assess whether surgical approach and hospital characteristics independently determine the number of lymph nodes (LNs) removed from prostate cancer patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) and pelvic LN dissection (PLND).
Methods: Using the National Cancer Database, we identified all surgically treated patients diagnosed with pretreatment intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer from 2010 to 2011. The primary outcome was the number of LNs retrieved at the time of RP.