Robotic approach to the liver: Open surgery in a closed abdomen or laparoscopic surgery with technical constraints?

RI Troisi, F Pegoraro, MC Giglio, G Rompianesi… - Surgical Oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
… the maintenance of this technology can also be a burden, especially for small volume center
[5… to other surgical fields, the importance of robot-assisted surgery over time is increasing [6], …

Laparoscopy decreases postoperative complication rates after abdominal colectomy: results from the national surgical quality improvement program

GD Kennedy, C Heise, V Rajamanickam… - … of Surgery, 2009 - journals.lww.com
… was due to the small number of patients … laparoscopy has increased in the high-volume
centers, 24,25 but others have shown that laparoscopy can be used effectively for colon surgery

Modern era surgical outcomes of elective and emergency giant paraesophageal hernia repair at a high-volume referral center

RK Sorial, M Ali, P Kaneva, JF Fiore, M Vassiliou… - Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
… Although laparoscopic PEH repair is associated with reduced morbidity versus open …
Furthermore, this report confirms the feasibility of laparoscopic repair for emergency cases. …

Relation of surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations: results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

SF Khuri, J Daley, W Henderson, K Hur… - … of surgery, 1999 - journals.lww.com
volume centers in the private sector attract patients with levels of risk different from patients
who seek care at lower-volume … outcomes for open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 39 we …

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: results and learning curve of a high-volume academic program

SA Shikora, JJ Kim, ME Tarnoff, E Raskin… - … of surgery, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
surgery should only be performed at high-volume centers. … mandates limiting this field to
centers that specialize in it and … surgery at very lowvolume (< 50 cases per year) and low-…

When can I be proficient in laparoscopic surgery? A systematic review of the evidence

H Dagash, M Chowdhury, A Pierro - Journal of pediatric surgery, 2003 - Elsevier
… If the numbers of procedures quoted for proficiency are to be believed, there may be
logistical problems for low-volume specialities such as pediatric surgery, especially regarding …

Volume and methodological quality of randomized controlled trials in laparoscopic surgery: assessment over a 10-year period

SA Antoniou, A Andreou, GA Antoniou, OO Koch… - … Journal of Surgery, 2015 - Elsevier
… Several reviews have implicated Asian countries in the production of low quality RCTs. … It
is undisputable that information of perioperative care, the case volume of participating centers, …

The impact of hospital volume on clinical and economic outcomes in ventral hernia repair: an analysis with national policy implications

A Chattha, J Muste, A Patel - Hernia, 2018 - Springer
volume centers have superior outcomes and lower complication profiles, respectively, when
compared to lower volume centers [… surgery and excluded all laparoscopic incisional hernia …

The volume–outcome relationship in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a population-based study using propensity score matching

HY Shi, KT Lee, CC Chiu, HH Lee - Surgical endoscopy, 2013 - Springer
… However, even in high-volume medical centers, outcomes … high-volume surgeons was 47
% lower than those for low-volume … cost incurred by the LC surgery patients in this study also …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective evaluation of complications in laparoscopic urology at a mid-volume institution using standardized criteria: Experience of 1023 cases including …

O Sanli, T Tefik, S Erdem, M Ortac… - … access surgery, 2016 - journals.lww.com
reduced when the operation is performed in a high volume … The complications encountered
in our laparoscopic surgery … experience in laparoscopy and is not in a pioneering center of …