..., there are only a limited number of studies about the learning curve (LC). This study aimed to analyze the LC of RIRS for five surgeons who underwent the same training. Materials and Methods: The data of the 410 patients who underwent RIRS between April 2017 and 2022 in a single institution, which were performed...

...Giorgio Mazzon; Francesco Claps; Federico Germinale; Davide Brusa; Simon Choong; Adara Caruso; Marco Pirozzi; Alessandro Antonelli; Maria Angela Cerruto; Antonio Celia Introduction: The aim of the study was to provide data related to endoscopic combined intra-renal surgery learning curve using...

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...Ben Xu; Bing-lei Ma; Yi-ji Peng; Qian Zhang Background: “Three-port” laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has been applied as a substitution for the conventional 4- to 5-port LRP to treat prostate cancer (PCa) patients in our institution. Objective: To evaluate the learning curve...

...Sebastian Berg; Julian Hanske; Nicolas von Landenberg; Joachim Noldus; Marko Brock Introduction: There are limited data on the learning curve of magnetic resonance imaging/transrectal ultrasound (MRI/TRUS)-fusion targeted prostate biopsies (tBx). Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate...

...Dongdong Zhu; Peng Hong; Jun Zhu; Xin Ye; Yuke Chen; Yu Fan; Zhongyuan Zhang; Cheng Shen; Wei Yu; Jie Jin Objectives: To introduce our modified retroperitoneoscopic living-donor nephrectomy (RPLDN) techniques and estimate the learning curve. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 121 consecutive...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy Safety Multi-institutional study Learning curve...

... ureterorenoscope (URS) and associated devices have developed rapidly. However, despite its therapeutic benefits, URS may be associated with some complications. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies discussing the complications of flexURS during the learning curve. Methods: A retrospective review...

... to conventional transurethral resection of the prostate and efficiency of tissue enucleation and resection were used to assess the learning curve. Results: Bipolar transurethral enucleation and resection of the prostate was successfully performed in 83 patients. The mean operative time was 117.5 min, and the mean...

... was designed to analyze the different areas of the robotic urological surgery learning curve. Material and Methods: A questionnaire was sent to all 13 urology units in Spain with an active robotics programme requesting information on training and problems encountered. Results: In most centres (n = 11, 84.6...

... our results in terms of learning curve, postoperative outcomes and positive surgical margins. Material and Methods: From April 2005 to February 2006, a single surgeon performed 41 RALP using the da Vinci robot (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., USA). Clinical and pathological data were...