Table 1.
Surgeon participant demographics
| Experts | Novices | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (range) | 42 | (36–58) | 35 | (30–42) | 0.03 |
| Mean prior robotic experience (range): | |||||
| Yrs of practice | 7 | (3–13) | 2 | (0.5–4) | 0.003 |
| Total robotic cases | 810 | (100–2,000) | 35 | (5–80) | 0.02 |
| RARP cases | 110 | (50–410) | 18 | (3–35) | 0.02 |
| No. training level: | |||||
| Attending surgeons | 7 | 1 | |||
| Urological fellows | 3 | 2 | |||
| Urological residents | 0 | 7 | |||
| No. surgeon hand dominance: | |||||
| Rt | 10 | 9 | |||
| Lt | 0 | 1 | |||