Perioperative mortality and morbidity of outpatient versus inpatient robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: A propensity matched analysis.

Journal: Urologic oncology
Published Date: Jan 1, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the early (≤30 days) postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and were discharged the same surgery day to a propensity score matched patient population of RARP who stayed >1 day in hospital.

Authors

  • Mahmoud I Khalil
    Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Department of Urology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Naleen Raj Bhandari
    Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
  • Nalin Payakachat
    Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
  • Rodney Davis
    Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
  • Omer A Raheem
    Department of Urology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
  • Mohamed H Kamel
    Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Department of Urology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: mkamel@uams.edu.

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