The learning curve for hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy: a single surgeon’s experience

Abstract

Approximately 21 to 25 cases were needed to achieve proficiency in this series.

Technical Proficiency in Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery

“…This is in contrast to the lower number reported for technical competency. 13,14 In the present study, the overall operative duration as a primary end point declined by 78 minutes (PϽ.001) in P2. The overall morbidity, infectious complications, length of stay, and readmission rate were also lower in P2.…”

The learning curve for endoscopic thyroidectomy: a single surgeon’s experience

“…As a result, possible statistic errors arising from different endoscopists, different procedures, different operation settings, and different medical centers were eliminated [6]. Moreover, we divided the patients into two groups, the easy group and the difficult group, according to the level of operation difficulty [7]. To ensure reliability of the statistical results, we used the chi-square test to eliminate possible interference from different conditions of the patients.…”

Learning Curve of the Scleral Buckling Operation: Lessons from the First 97 Cases

“…Several studies have reported that clinical outcomes improve when surgeons develop their own expertise in their procedure, and have indicated the presence of a learning curve for their surgical procedures [10,11,12]. There has been some published studies investigating the presence of a learning curve for phacoemulsification which has become the method of choice for cataract surgery [13,14,15].…”