Does initial learning curve compromise outcomes for robot-assisted radical cystectomy? A critical evaluation of the first 60 cases while establishing a robotics program

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1553-1558

  Richards, Kyle A ^a   Kader, Karim ^b   Pettus, Joseph A ^c   Smith III, John J ^a   Hemal, Ashok K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052614054     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0630     Document Type: Article

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