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Kong TW, Chang SJ, Paek J, et al. Learning curve analysis of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologists without open counterpart experience. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2015;58(5):377-84doi: 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377.
Kong, T. W., Chang, S. J., Paek, J., Park, H., Kang, S. W., & Ryu, H. S. (2015). Learning curve analysis of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologists without open counterpart experience. Obstetrics & gynecology science, 58(5), 377-84. https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377
Kong, Tae-Wook, et al. "Learning curve analysis of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologists without open counterpart experience." Obstetrics & gynecology science vol. 58,5 (2015): 377-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377
Kong TW, Chang SJ, Paek J, Park H, Kang SW, Ryu HS. Learning curve analysis of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologists without open counterpart experience. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2015 Sep;58(5):377-84. doi: 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377. Epub 2015 Sep 22. PMID: 26430662; PMCID: PMC4588842.
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Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2015 Sep;58(5):377-84. doi: 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377. Epub 2015 Sep 22.

Learning curve analysis of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologists without open counterpart experience.

Obstetrics & gynecology science

Tae-Wook Kong, Suk-Joon Chang, Jiheum Paek, Hyogyeong Park, Seong Woo Kang, Hee-Sug Ryu

Affiliations

  1. Gynecologic Cancer Center, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

PMID: 26430662 PMCID: PMC4588842 DOI: 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.5.377

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the learning curve of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH) for gynecologic oncologists who underwent residency- and fellowship-training on laparoscopic surgery without previous experience in performing abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH).

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 84 patients with FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) stage IB cervical cancer who underwent LRH (Piver type III) between April 2006 and March 2014. The patients were divided into two groups (surgeon A group, 42 patients; surgeon B group, 42 patients) according to the surgeon with or without ARH experience. Clinico-pathologic data were analyzed between the 2 groups. Operating times were analyzed using the cumulative sum technique.

RESULTS: The operating time in surgeon A started at 5 to 10 standard deviations of mean operating time and afterward steeply decreased with operative experience (Pearson correlation coefficient=-0.508, P=0.001). Surgeon B, however, showed a gentle slope of learning curve within 2 standard deviations of mean operating time (Pearson correlation coefficient=-0.225, P=0.152). Approximately 18 cases for both surgeons were required to achieve surgical proficiency for LRH. Multivariate analysis showed that tumor size (>4 cm) was significantly associated with increased operating time (P=0.027; odds ratio, 4.667; 95% confidence interval, 1.187 to 18.352).

CONCLUSION: After completing the residency- and fellowship-training course on gynecologic laparoscopy, gynecologic oncologists, even without ARH experience, might reach an acceptable level of surgical proficiency in LRH after approximately 20 cases and showed a gentle slope of learning curve, taking less effort to initially perform LRH.

Keywords: Cumulative sum; Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy; Learning curve

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