The learning curve for robot-assisted radical cystectomy

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-514

  Guru, Khurshid A ^a,b   Perlmutter, Adam E ^a   Butt, Zubair M ^a   Piacente, Pamela ^a   Wilding, Gregory E ^a,c   Tan, Wei ^a   Kim, Hyung L ^a,b   Mohler, James L ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Learning curve; Minimally invasive surgery; Robot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BLEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949564984     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4293/108680809X12589998404128     Document Type: Article

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