Trends, utilization, and immediate perioperative complications of urethroplasty in the United States: data from the national inpatient sample 2000-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine national urethroplasty trends based on type of surgery and patient and hospital characteristics. We hypothesized that the number of complex urethroplasty procedures performed has increased over time and may be associated with increased periprocedure complications.

Methods

The National Inpatient Sample from years 2000 to 2010 was queried for patients with urethroplasty-associated International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. We analyzed trends in urethroplasty procedures, patient demographics, comorbidities, and hospital characteristics. We evaluated the relationship between patient demographics and comorbid disease, length of hospital stay, hospital charges, and inpatient complications.

Results

During the

SUBMITTER: Blaschko SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4917203 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature