The surgical learning curve for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a retrospective cohort study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Savage, Caroline J ^a   Hruza, Marcel ^b   Tuerk, Ingolf ^c   Koenig, Philippe ^d   Martínez Piñeiro, Luis ^e   Janetschek, Gunther ^f   Guillonneau, Bertrand ^a,g  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^g INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349122417     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70079-8     Document Type: Article

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