Mastering the Learning Curve for Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

CONCLUSIONS: Robotic-assisted CABG can be performed safely with excellent results even during a surgeon's early experience. However, the learning curve to achieve mastery is longer than required to achieve competency with a threshold of approximately 250-500 cases.PMID:36848999 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.02.045

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - February 27, 2023 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Amalia Jonsson Jose Binongo Parth Patel Yanan Wang Vanessa Garner Delki Mitchell-Cooks Michael E Halkos Source Type: research