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. 2014 May 1;28(5):560–566. doi: 10.1089/end.2013.0534

Table 3.

RARP Learning Curve That Groups Initial Surgeon Cases by Groups of 25

  First 25 Second 25 Third 25 Fourth 25 Fifth 25 Sixth 25
Variable n=5650 n=4208 n=2638 n=1914 n=1496 n=1128
Conversion, n (%) 64 (1.13) 20 (0.48) 11 (0.42) 6 (0.31) 3 (0.20) 2 (0.18)
Surgery time, mean (SD) 5.0 (1.84) 4.5 (1.45) 4.3 (1.36) 4.1 (1.15) 4.0 (1.02) 3.9 (1.03)
LOS 2.4 (1.96) 2.2 (2.02) 2.1 (1.95) 2.0 (1.47) 1.9 (1.32) 2.0 (2.81)
Complications, n (%) 664 (11.75) 423 (10.05) 239 (9.06) 171 (8.93) 129 (8.62) 101 (8.95)
ARP-DRG severity
 Minor 3579 (63.4) 2659 (63.1) 1708 (64.8) 1221 (63.8) 992 (66.3) 731 (64.8)
 Moderate 1589 (28.1) 1247 (29.6) 759 (28.8) 568 (29.7) 399 (26.7) 309 (27.4)
 Major 272 (4.8) 185 (4.4) 86 (3.7) 58 (3.0) 44 (2.9) 32 (2.8)
 Extreme 38 (0.7) 16 (0.4) 17 (0.6) 5 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.3)