Learning curve and factors influencing successful robot-assisted bilateral sentinel lymph node mapping in early-stage cervical cancer: an observational cohort study.

Journal: Expert review of medical devices
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether a learning curve affects the bilateral sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection in early-stage cervical cancer.

Authors

  • Ilse G T Baeten
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Jacob P Hoogendam
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Arthur J A T Braat
    Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Bart de Keizer
    Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Cornelis G Gerestein
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Ronald P Zweemer
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.