Table 1 The proportion of robot-assisted radical prostatectomies (RARPs) performed per year at each hospital (A) and the surgeon’s experience of RARP in each group (B)
Cases/year | Number of surgeons | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(A) | |||
High-volume hospitals | |||
Hospital A | 102.2 | 10 | |
Hospital B | 110.0 | 8 | |
Hospital C | 117.0 | 13 | |
Non-high-volume hospitals | |||
Hospital D | 40.9 | 4 | |
Hospital E | 45.8 | 4 | |
Hospital F | 61.5 | 6 | |
Hospital G | 66.1 | 10 | |
Hospital H | 69.0 | 3 |
High-volume hospitals | Non-high-volume hospitals | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
(B) | |||
< 40 cases | 16 (51.6%) | 11 (42.3%) | 0.59 |
40–99 | 8 (25.8%) | 10 (38.5%) | |
≥ 100 | 7 (22.6%) | 5 (19.2%) |