Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Six months of fellowship training doesn't prevent the learning curve when incorporating into a lower volume practice

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-148

  Brown, James A ^a   Sajadi, Kamran P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic prostatectomy; Learning curve; Outcomes; Practice volume; Radical prostatectomy; Surgeon volume; Surgical volume; Training

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

EID: 61649102675     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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