Learning curve for robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer: use of the cumulative sum method

[1] Miyajima N(2009)Results of a multicenter study of 1,057 cases of rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic surgery Surg Endosc 23 113-118

[2] Fukunaga M(2005)Short-term endpoints of conventional versus laparoscopic-assisted surgery in patients with colorectal cancer (MRC CLASICC trial): multicentre, randomised controlled trial Lancet 365 1718-1726

[3] Hasegawa H(2010)Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: the state of the art World J Gastrointest Surg 2 275-282

[4] Tanaka J(2002)Telerobotic-assisted laparoscopic right and sigmoid colectomies for benign disease Dis Colon Rectum 45 1689-1694

[5] Okuda J(2006)Robotic-assisted laparoscopic LAR with TME for rectal cancer Surg Endosc 20 1521-1525

[6] Watanabe M(2005)Advantages and limits of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery: preliminary experience Surg Endosc 19 117-119

[7] Guillou PJ(2003)Comparison of robotically performed and traditional laparoscopic colorectal surgery Dis Colon Rectum 46 1633-1639

[8] Quirke P(1974)Why don’t doctors use cusums? Lancet 1 120-121

[9] Thorpe H(1977)The cusum plot: its utility in the analysis of clinical data N Engl J Med 296 1044-1045

[10] Walker J(2012)Robot-assisted TME: is there a learning curve? Surg Endosc 26 2471-2476

[1] Miyajima N(2009)Results of a multicenter study of 1,057 cases of rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic surgery Surg Endosc 23 113-118

[2] Fukunaga M(2005)Short-term endpoints of conventional versus laparoscopic-assisted surgery in patients with colorectal cancer (MRC CLASICC trial): multicentre, randomised controlled trial Lancet 365 1718-1726

[3] Hasegawa H(2010)Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: the state of the art World J Gastrointest Surg 2 275-282

[4] Tanaka J(2002)Telerobotic-assisted laparoscopic right and sigmoid colectomies for benign disease Dis Colon Rectum 45 1689-1694

[5] Okuda J(2006)Robotic-assisted laparoscopic LAR with TME for rectal cancer Surg Endosc 20 1521-1525

[6] Watanabe M(2005)Advantages and limits of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery: preliminary experience Surg Endosc 19 117-119

[7] Guillou PJ(2003)Comparison of robotically performed and traditional laparoscopic colorectal surgery Dis Colon Rectum 46 1633-1639

[8] Quirke P(1974)Why don’t doctors use cusums? Lancet 1 120-121

[9] Thorpe H(1977)The cusum plot: its utility in the analysis of clinical data N Engl J Med 296 1044-1045

[10] Walker J(2012)Robot-assisted TME: is there a learning curve? Surg Endosc 26 2471-2476