Impact of surgeon volume on the morbidity and costs of radical cystectomy in the USA: a contemporary population-based analysis.

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Published in BJU Int on January 26, 2015

Authors

Jeffrey J Leow1, Stephen Reese, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Joaquim Bellmunt, Benjamin I Chung, Adam S Kibel, Steven L Chang

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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