Impact of Surgical Experience Before Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy on Surgical Outcomes: A Multicenter Analysis of 2500 Patients

ABSTRACT: Take Home Message The learning curve for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a highly multifactorial process. It is affected not only by patient- and tumor-related factors and surgical experience with RAPN itself but also by prior surgical experience before RAPN.

Background

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a challenging procedure that is influenced by a multitude of factors.

Objective

To assess the impact of prior surgical experience on perioperative outcomes in RAPN.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective multicenter study, results for 2548 RAPNs performed by 25 surgeons at eight robotic referral centers were analyzed. Perioperative data for all consecutive RAPNs from the start of each individual surgeon’s experience were co

SUBMITTER: Harke N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9732453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature