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Protecting patients during live urological surgery

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Concerns have been raised regarding the educational value of live surgical events (LSEs) and whether such events compromise patient safety. Now, the European Association of Urology has published a Live Surgery Policy Statement, aimed at protecting patient safety and ensuring that LSEs are conducted in an ethical and accountable manner.

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P.D. acknowledges financial support from the Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre award to Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King's College London and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He also acknowledges the support of the MRC Centre for Transplantation and grants from the Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, EU-FP7, The Urology Foundation, The School of Surgery, Olympus, Heathside Trust and The Vattikuti Foundation. M.B. holds a Robotic Fellowship at Guy's, which is supported by educational grant funding from Intuitive Surgical and The London Deanery.

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Brown, M., Dasgupta, P. Protecting patients during live urological surgery. Nat Rev Urol 11, 249–250 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2014.75

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