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ReviewDer Urologe. Ausg. A2021

[Trends in uro-oncological surgery in Germany-comparative analyses from population-based data].

C Groeben, R Koch, M Baunacke, L Flegar, A Borkowetz, C Thomas, J Huber

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Review in Der Urologe. Ausg. A, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

C GroebenKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland. christer.groeben@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
R KochKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
M BaunackeKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
L FlegarKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
A BorkowetzKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
C ThomasKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
J HuberKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum, Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although urologic cancer represents a relevant health economic burden with about 100,000 new cases per year, hardly any knowledge exists about the structure and development of the corresponding uro-oncological interventions at the more than 400 urological surgical hospitals in Germany. Thus, we identified all cases of 5 major tumor surgery procedures in Germany from the DRG (diagnosis-related group) database of the Federal Statistical Office (prostatectomy, cystectomy, renal tumor surgery, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy, penis surgery) from 2006-2013 (or 2016) by database query and investigated the influences of technical innovations, as well as guideline changes on the developments of case numbers. In addition, we analyzed the correlations between annual case numbers and perioperative outcomes. The results showed a clear correlation between case volume (and thus expertise) of a hospital and an improved perioperative outcome. Nevertheless, there is hardly any tendency towards centralization in these uro-oncological interventions. The development in the number of cases seems to depend more on the effect of advertising by means of technical innovations or the regional relation of the patients to a certain clinic. In the past, centrally controlled attempts to introduce minimum case numbers or voluntary certification of centers had little influence on the distribution of case numbers.

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ProstatectomyUrologic NeoplasmsCystectomyGermanyHumansMaleUrologic Surgical ProceduresCaseloadHealth care researchRobotic surgeryTumor surgeryUrologic malignancies

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PMID34490495
PMCPMC8420844

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