Robotic versus Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancers: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Early Postoperative Outcomes and Surgical Learning Curves
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(a–d) Individual learning curves for robotic thyroidectomy (RT) and endoscopic thyroidectomy (ET); The graph plots the time taken to perform each procedure as a function of the number of patients. The moving average method was used to determine changes in operation times for each surgeon. The time required for each surgeon to perform RT decreased after 35–50 patients, whereas the time required by each to perform ET decreased after 55–70 patients.
