Learning Curve

According to published results, revision total joint arthroplasty performed by surgeons with less experience may result in longer surgeries, increased blood loss and early reoperations compared with surgeons with more experience.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed the open Latarjet procedure may have a steep learning curve with a considerable decrease in surgical time after 15 cases.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed early career surgeons experienced a learning curve for complex revision arthroplasty that may be due to surgeon and patient factors and revision indication.

In the EU-PORIA real-world registry of patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent pulsed field ablation, most patients did not have recurrence at 1 year and the learning curve for operators was quick.

For surgeons already trained in the posterior approach to total hip arthroplasty, recently published results have shown a “short” learning curve of fewer than 20 patients for the direct superior approach to total hip arthroplasty.

For surgeons already trained in the posterior approach to total hip arthroplasty, recently published results have shown a “short” learning curve of fewer than 20 patients for the direct superior approach to total hip arthroplasty.

SAN FRANCISCO — Greater operator experience with transcatheter mitral valve repair using the MitraClip was associated with improvements in procedural success, time and complications, according to new research presented at TCT 2019.