Development of a Novel Prognostic Risk Score for Predicting Complications of Penectomy in the Surgical Management of Penile Cancer
Velazquez N, Press B, Renson A, Wysock JS, Taneja S, Huang WC, Bjurlin MA. Development of a Novel Prognostic Risk Score for Predicting Complications of Penectomy in the Surgical Management of Penile Cancer. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2018, 17: e123-e129. PMID: 30377070, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2018.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel prognostic risk scoreNovel risk scorePrognostic risk scoreRisk scoreSurgical managementStepwise logistic modelSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSuperficial surgical site infectionSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramAppreciable complication rateImproved preoperative counselingUrinary tract infectionSurgical site infectionQuality Improvement ProgramPredicting ComplicationsPenile cancerSurgical complicationsTotal penectomyTract infectionsComplication rateSite infectionOverall incidenceRetrospective reviewRisk stratification