From proficiency to expert, when does the learning curve for robotic-assisted prostatectomies plateau? The Columbia University experience

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Samadi, David ^a   Levinson, Adam ^a   Hakimi, Ari ^a   Shabsigh, Ridwan ^a   Benson, Mitchell C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33947399203     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-006-0137-4     Document Type: Article

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