Robotic thyroidectomy learning curve for beginning surgeons with little or no experience of endoscopic surgery

Park JH 1 , Lee J 2 , Hakim NA 3 , Kim HY 4 , Kang SW 2 , Jeong JJ 2 Show all authors , Nam KH 2 , Bae KS 1 , Kang SJ 1 , Chung WY 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Kangwon, Korea
  • 2 Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 3 Department of Surgery, Putrajaya Hospital, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 4 Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Head Neck, 2015 Dec;37(12):1705-11.
PMID: 24986508 DOI: 10.1002/hed.23824

Abstract

This study assessed the results of robotic thyroidectomy by fellowship-trained surgeons in their initial independent practice, and whether standard fellowship training for robotic surgery shortens the learning curve.

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