Learning Curve

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Idealized" vs. "True" learning curves: the case of laparoscopic liver resection. 
  • American Thyroid Association Statement on Remote-Access Thyroid Surgery. 
  • Applicability of laparoscopic approach to the resection of large adrenal tumours: a retrospective cohort study on 200 patients. 
  • Can an inexperienced observer accurately plot disc contours using Heidelberg retinal Tomograph? 
  • Competence in Endoscopic Ultrasound and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, From Training Through Independent Practice. 
  • Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care** and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  • Conversation in cardiology: should FFR and IVUS be counted as PCI? 
  • Current State of Radial Artery Catheterization in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Defining the learning curve for team-based laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • Departures from the protocol during conduct of a clinical trial: a pattern from the data record consistent with a learning curve. 
  • Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty with a donor tissue injector. 
  • Distal pancreatectomy: a single institution's experience in open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches. 
  • Effect of radial versus femoral access on radiation dose and the importance of procedural volume: a substudy of the multicenter randomized RIVAL trial. 
  • Endoscopic coalition resection. 
  • Endoscopic correction of vesicoureteral reflux simulator curriculum as an effective teaching tool: Pilot study. 
  • Evaluating the learning curve in the prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of hemodynamic support with Impella 2.5 versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: a prespecified subanalysis of the PROTECT II study. 
  • Evaluation of skill level between trainees and community orthopaedic surgeons using a virtual reality arthroscopic knee simulator. 
  • Examining the Operator Learning Curve for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions. 
  • Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: analysis of the learning curve in a training model in vivo. 
  • Impact of the Learning Curve on Intraoperative Surgical Time in Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery. 
  • Initial learning experience of laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) gastric banding: finding predictors of success. 
  • Institutional Experience With Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the TVT Registry. 
  • Is There a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes? 
  • Learning experience of linear endobronchial ultrasound among pulmonary trainees. 
  • Mentored simulation training improves procedural skills in cardiac catheterization: a randomized, controlled pilot study. 
  • Minimally invasive lumbar pedicle screw fixation using cortical bone trajectory - Screw accuracy, complications, and learning curve in 100 screw placements. 
  • Multifactorial analysis of the learning curve for robot-assisted laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. 
  • Objective Assessment of the Early Stages of the Learning Curve for the Senhance Surgical Robotic System. 
  • Operator Experience and Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in the United States. 
  • Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using the Visually Guided Laser Balloon: A Prospective, Multicenter, and Randomized Comparison to Standard Radiofrequency Ablation. 
  • Quantifying the learning curve in the use of a novel vascular closure device: an analysis of the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry) CathPCI registry. 
  • Response to letter regarding article, "The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the United States: a study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry". 
  • Self-perceived video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy proficiency by recent graduates of North American thoracic residencies. 
  • Setting minimum standards for training in EUS and ERCP: results from a prospective multicenter study evaluating learning curves and competence among advanced endoscopy trainees. 
  • Should technical aptitude evaluation become part of resident selection for surgical residency? 
  • Staying ahead of the curve. 
  • Surgical innovation, industry partnership, and the enemy within. 
  • The evolution of robotic bariatric surgery. 
  • The learning curve for interpretation of oesophageal high-resolution manometry: a prospective interventional cohort study. 
  • The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the United States: a study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • The total ankle arthroplasty learning curve with third-generation implants: a single surgeon's experience. 
  • Training High-Volume Melanoma Surgeons to Perform a Novel Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymphadenectomy: Report of a Prospective Multi-Institutional Trial. 
  • Training in ureteroscopy: a critical appraisal of the literature. 
  • Variation in Aptitude of Trainees in Endoscopic Ultrasonography, Based on Cumulative Sum Analysis. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Taekman, Jeffrey Marc, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Neuroanesthesia