Survival Analysis Using Surgeon Skill Metrics and Patient Factors to Predict Urinary Continence Recovery After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

Journal: European urology focus
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: It has been shown that metrics recorded for instrument kinematics during robotic surgery can predict urinary continence outcomes.

Authors

  • Loc Trinh
    Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
  • Samuel Mingo
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Erik B Vanstrum
    3Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • Daniel I Sanford
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Aastha
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Runzhuo Ma
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Jessica H Nguyen
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Yan Liu
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China.
  • Andrew J Hung
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Andrew.Hung@med.usc.edu.