Development and Validation of Objective Performance Metrics for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Pilot Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 296-304

  Hung, Andrew J ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Jarc, Anthony ^b   Hatcher, David ^a   Djaladat, Hooman ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

education; prostatic neoplasms; robotic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTERIOR VESICOURETHRAL ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; GLOBAL EVALUATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ROBOTIC SKILL; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEDICAL EXPERT; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT-ASSISTED PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINAL VESICLE DISSECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME TO TREATMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; EDUCATION; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGEONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85034040803     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.07.081     Document Type: Article

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