Developing a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy service: Defining the learning curve

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 903-910

  Vasdev, Nikhil ^a   Kass Iliyya, Antoine ^a   Patel, Ameet ^a   Bedford, Geoff ^a   O'Riordon, Anna ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^a   Durkan, Garrett C ^a   Soomro, Naeem A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SILDENAFIL; TALDAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM INJURY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84863819229     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0635     Document Type: Article

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