Learning curves in laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: a different experience for each generation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Learning curves of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) are mostly based on 'self-taught' surgeons who acquired sufficient proficiency largely through self-teaching. No learning curves have been investigated for 'trained' surgeons who received training and built on the experience of the 'self-taught' surgeons. This study compared the learning curves and outcome of LDP between 'self-taught' and 'trained' surgeons in terms of feasibility and proficiency using short-term outcomes.

Materials and methods

Data of consecutive patients with benign or malignant disease of the left pancreas who underwent LDP by four 'self-taught' and four 'trained' surgeons between 1997 and 2019 were collected, starting from the first patient operated by a contributing surgeon. Risk-adj

SUBMITTER: van Ramshorst TME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10389345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature