Learning curves for urological procedures: A systematic review

BJU International

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 617-629

  Abboudi, Hamid ^a   Khan, Mohammed Shamim ^a   Guru, Khurshid A ^b   Froghi, Saied ^c   De Win, Gunter ^d   Van Poppel, Hendrik ^e   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

education; learning curves; training; urology

Indexed keywords

CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERINEAL PROSTATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGIST; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84908105953     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12315     Document Type: Review

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