Journal article
Analysis of the learning curve in telerobotic, beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting: a 90 patient experience
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent articles have commented on the "learning curve" in robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. We systematically studied this phenomenon using standard statistical and cumulative sum (CUSUM) failure methods.
METHODS: Ninety patients underwent internal thoracic artery (ITA) takedown and an attempt at ITA to coronary bypass on the beating heart using the Zeus telerobotic system from September 1999 to December 2001. The …
Authors
Novick RJ; Fox SA; Kiaii BB; Stitt LW; Rayman R; Kodera K; Menkis AH; Boyd WD
Journal
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 749–753
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2003
DOI
10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00680-5
ISSN
0003-4975