The learning curve of robotic coronary arterial bypass surgery: A report from the STS database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited data to inform minimum case requirements for training in robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RA-CABG). Current recommendations rely on nonclinical endpoints and expert opinion.

Objectives

To determine the minimum number of RA-CABG procedures required to achieve stable clinical outcomes.

Methods

We included isolated RA-CABG in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) registry performed between 2014 and 2019 by surgeons without prior RA-CABG experience. Outcomes were approach conversion, reoperation, major morbidity or mortality, and procedural success. Case sequence number was used as a continuous variable in logistic regression with restricted cubic splines with fixed effects. Outcomes were compared between operations perfor

SUBMITTER: Patrick WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128069 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature