Teaching robotic cystectomy: prospective pilot clinical validation of the ERUS training curriculum.

Journal: BJU international
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To provide the first clinical validation of the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) curriculum for training in robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion (iRARC).

Authors

  • Romain Diamand
    Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Frederiek D'Hondt
    General Surgery and Urology. OLV Hospital. Belgium.
  • Georges Mjaess
    Department of Urology, Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Teddy Jabbour
    Urology Department, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Paolo Dell'Oglio
    Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
  • Alessandro Larcher
    Division of Oncology, Unit of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
  • Marco Moschini
    Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
  • Thierry Quackels
    Department of Urology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Alexandre Peltier
    Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Gregoire Assenmacher
    Department of Urology, Cliniques de l'Europe-Saint Elisabeth, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Peter Wiklund
    Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Alberto Breda
    Department of Urology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Fundaciò Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: albbred@hotmail.com.
  • Filippo Turri
    Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
  • Ruben De Groote
    ORSI Academy Melle Belgium.
  • Alexandre Mottrie
    ORSI Academy Melle Belgium.
  • Thierry Roumeguère
    Department of Urology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Simone Albisinni
    Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.