Understanding volume–outcome relationships in nephrectomy and cystectomy for cancer: evidence from the UK Getting it Right First Time programme

WK Gray, J Day, TWR Briggs, S Harrison - BJU international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To investigate volume–outcome relationships in nephrectomy and cystectomy for
cancer. Materials and Methods Data were extracted from the UK Hospital Episodes Statistics …

Assessing the quality of the volume‐outcome relationship in uro‐oncology

EK Mayer, S Purkayastha, T Athanasiou… - BJU …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To assess systematically the quality of evidence for the volume‐outcome
relationship in uro‐oncology, and thus facilitate the formulating of health policy within this …

A systematic review and critique of the literature relating hospital or surgeon volume to health outcomes for 3 urological cancer procedures

M Nuttall, J Van Der Meulen, N Phillips, C Sharpin… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We performed a systematic review and critique of the literature of the
relationship between hospital or surgeon volume and health outcomes in patients …

Hospital volume and perioperative outcomes for radical cystectomy: a population study

C Udovicich, M Perera, M Huq, LM Wong… - BJU …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the association between hospital volume and perioperative
outcomes of radical cystectomy (RC) using state population data for a contemporary …

23: High Volume Hospitals do not have Better Long Term Outcomes Following Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer

BK Hollenbeck, Y Wei, JD Birkmeyer - The Journal of Urology, 2006 - auajournals.org
METHODS: 280,099 patients treated surgically for prostate (n= 179,224), kidney (n=
73,346), and bladder (n= 27, 529) cancers between 1988 and 2003 were identified in the …

The volume/outcome relationship in urologic cancer surgery

FN Joudi, BR Konety - Supportive Cancer Therapy, 2004 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence in the literature of the association between higher hospital and
surgeon volume and better outcomes from high-risk surgical procedures. A Medline search …

Postoperative 30-day mortality rates for kidney cancer are dependent on hospital surgical volume: results from a Norwegian population-based study

KM Hjelle, TB Johannesen, C Beisland - European Urology Focus, 2017 - Elsevier
Background To improve cancer care in Norway, the government introduced surgical volume
requirements for hospitals in 2015. To treat kidney cancer (KC) in Norway, the lower limit is …

Assessing the relative influence of hospital and surgeon volume on short‐term mortality after radical cystectomy

N Waingankar, K Mallin, M Smaldone… - BJU …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the relationship between surgeon (SV) and hospital volume (HV) on
mortality after radical cystectomy (RC). Patients and Methods We queried the National …

Impact of hospital provider volume on outcome for radical urological cancer surgery in England

VS Hanchanale, P Javlé - Urologia internationalis, 2010 - karger.com
Introduction: Complex surgical procedures are associated with higher mortality and
morbidity. There is a paucity of data supporting a volume-outcome relationship in the United …

Volume-outcome relationships in the treatment of renal tumors

R Abouassaly, A Finelli, GA Tomlinson… - The Journal of …, 2012 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Outcomes of complex surgical procedures tend to be better for high volume
providers, although this has not been clearly established for renal cell carcinoma. We …