Learning Curve for Uniportal Thoracoscopic Anatomical Pulmonary Segmentectomy.

Conclusions. The uniportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy is considered to be a feasible and safe surgical procedure that can be taught to surgeons through a proctored learning curve. The data of the present study indicate that the inflection point for completion the learning curve was reached after a considerable number of 57 cases.
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Source: Surgical Innovation - June 15, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Chen L, Pan Y, Zhang Q, Shao F, Ma G, Yang R Tags: Surg Innov Source Type: research