Background The surgeon volume-outcome relationship has been discussed for many years
and its existence or nonexistence is of importance for various reasons. A lot of empirical …

Objective To study short-term (< 90 days) morbidity and mortality following radical
cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer and identify modifiable risk factors associated with …

Context In bladder cancer patients treated with radical cystectomy (RC), controversy exists
regarding the impact of the annual hospital volume (HV) and/or surgeon volume (SV) on …

METHODS Literature search strategy We performed a systematic literature search to identify
all published systematic reviews on the association between hospital volume and clinical …

Context The centralization of cancer care is associated with better clinical outcomes and
may be a method for optimizing value-based health care systems. Objective To …

PURPOSE: Radical cystectomy continues to be associated with a nonnegligible risk of
perioperative death and all cause mortality in the years after surgery remains relatively high …

Background Radical cystectomy (RC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BCa) has
potential for serious complications, prolonged length of stay and readmissions—all of which …

Objective To assess the role of process and structural factors in volume–outcome
relationships. Data sources Pubmed electronic database, until March 2014. Study design …

Objective To analyse the impact of centralisation of radical cystectomy (RC) provision for
bladder cancer in England, on postoperative mortality, length of stay (LoS), complications …

Objectives The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare robotic
colectomy (RC) with laparoscopic colectomy (LC) in terms of intraoperative and …