Training, Credentialing, Proctoring and Medicolegal Risks of Robotic Urological Surgery: Recommendations of the Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1126-1132

  Zorn, Kevin C ^a   Gautam, Gagan ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^b   Ahlering, Thomas E ^b   Albala, David M ^c   Lee, David I ^e   Sundaram, Chandru P ^f   Matin, Surena F ^g   Castle, Erik P ^h   Winfield, Howard N ⁱ   Gettman, Matthew T ^j   Lee, Benjamin R ^k   Thomas, Raju ^k   Patel, Vipul R ^l   Leveillee, Raymond J ^m   Wong, Carson ⁿ   Badlani, Gopal H ^d   Rha, Koon H ^s   Eggener, Scott E ^a   Wiklund, Peter ^p   Mottrie, Alex ^q   Atug, Fatih ^r   Kural, Ali R ^r   Joseph, Jean V ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^q OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^r ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

more..

Author keywords

education; laparoscopy; legal; liability; robotics; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 68149157349     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.042     Document Type: Article

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