The role of a well-trained team on the early learning curve of robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures: The example of radical prostatectomy

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Lebeau, Thierry ^a   Rouprêt, Morgan ^a   Ferhi, Karim ^a   Chartier Kastler, Emmanuel ^a   Bitker, Marc Olivier ^a   Richard, François ^a   Vaessen, Christophe ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BLOOD; DISEASES; GRADING; LAPAROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

BLOOD LOSS; EARLY LEARNING; GLEASON SCORES; LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES; LEARNING CURVES; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY;

ROBOTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH FOR RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SURGEON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857941756     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.435     Document Type: Article

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