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Formal Training Improves Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Outcomes
Formal Training Improves Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Outcomes
D Mahoney
20100731
2010 Aug 31
Elsevier Global Medical News
Formal Training Improves Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Outcomes
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Aug 31, D Mahoney
Formal training in robotic prostatectomy, compared with the more typical transition from laparoscopic prostatectomy done by performing on a consecutive cohort of patients, improves the pathologic and surgical outcomes associated with the robot-assisted procedure, a study has shown. In a prospective comparison of the robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) outcomes achieved by surgeons formally trained in the robotic technique and those with formal training in conventional laparoscopic...