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Oct 2026
Video-based analysis of camera–instrument distance dynamics and operative efficiency in expert and novice robot-assisted partial nephrectomy
In robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), experts and novices differ in many metrics, but it is unknown which difference relates to novice operative efficiency and whether it improves with early experience. We addressed these questions using routinely archived two-dimensional videos. We analyzed 155 RAPN by one exp...
K. Kobatake, Y. Kohada, Miki Naito et al.
· Journal of Robotic Surgery · 0 citations