This database was last updated in July 2015 and is based on data from 2009 to 2013. It should only be used as a historical snapshot.

Arizona

    Compare the performance of surgeons practicing at hospitals in this state, in one of the following procedures:

Prostate Removal

Radical prostatectomy (ICD-9-CM code 60.5)

The removal of the entire prostate gland via the open or laparoscopic or robotic method. Usually performed to treat prostate cancer. More information »

19Arizona hospitals performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
3 (16%)have at least one surgeon with a low adjusted complication rate.
Alert stop2 50396a7919fcffb9b54ceb393a298dce637a556b013844b32d7e939e9458f99d1 (5%)has at least one surgeon with a high adjusted complication rate.

Sorted by the surgeon with the lowest adjusted rate of complications at each hospital, along with a measure representing the combined performance of surgeons and hospitals for these procedures.