An Eight-Month Preliminary Analysis of Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) Proficiency Metrics in a Robotic Fellowship-Naïve Surgeon During a Pelvic Uro-Oncology Fellowship Training
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Submitted on: Feb 19, 2026
Accepted on: May 20, 2026
Published on: Jun 29, 2026
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
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© 2026 Kristofs Folkmanis, Inese Folkmane, Elizabete Junk, Anoushka Sharma, Valdis Folkmanis, Constantinos Adamou, Anup Krishnan, Kieran Jefferson, Altan Omer, Donald Macdonald, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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