How many cases are necessary to develop competence for laparoscopic radical nephrectomy?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1965-1970

  Jeon, Seung Hyun ^a   Han, Kyung Sik ^a   Yoo, Koo Han ^a   Choe, Bong Keun ^a   Seo, Ill Young ^b   Lim, Jae Sung ^c   Ono, Yoshinari ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RENAL ARTERY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449209768     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0636     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. Jeon SH, Han K-S, Yoo KH, et al. How many cases are required to develop competence for laparoscopic radical nephrectomy procedures? J Endourol 2009;23:1965-1969.