First 500 cases of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy from a single UK centre: Learning curves of two surgeons

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 739-747

  Sharma, Naomi Laura ^a   Papadopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Lee, Dominic ^a   McLoughlin, John ^a   Vowler, Sarah L ^a   Baumert, Herve ^a   Warren, Anne Y ^b   Patil, Vishal ^c   Shah, Nimish ^a   Neal, David E ^a,d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Bioinformatics Core   (United Kingdom)

^d SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

da Vinci; learning curve; prostate cancer; radical prostatectomy; robotic

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960986925     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09941.x     Document Type: Article

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