Severity of comorbidity, not type of surgery, affects outcome of prostatectomy.
Concato
J
J
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Elmore
J G
JG
Horwitz
R I
RI
Schiff
S F
SF
Feinstein
A R
AR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery