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Learning the lessons from 1000 robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy procedures
Author(s) -
Kirby Roger,
Challacombe Ben,
Patil Krishna,
Dasgupta Prokar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11581.x
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , art history , art , computer science
It has been observed that, unlike those involved in the aviation industry, clinicians are often slow to learn from their mistakes [1]. Having recently completed the 1000th robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in one institution, as treatment for clinically significant, localized prostate cancer, we thought it would be useful to share the lessons learned from dealing with problems and complications we have encountered. Our technique has continuously evolved with various refinements along the way.