European urology
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Editorial Comment
Improving outcome of surgical procedures is not possible without adequate quality measurement.
Outcome measurement allows for acknowledging differences in quality and must be used as a basis for quality assessment, regardless of what procedure is to be assessed and improved. As urologists, we should actively take the lead to guide this necessary and inevitable process.
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Editorial Comment
Moving beyond the headlines: improving the technical quality of radical prostatectomy.
Recent work from surgeons in Europe and the United States has provided both the motivation, and a blueprint, for implementing peer assessments of technical skill as a robust and practical strategy for evaluating and ultimately improving technical expertise with radical prostatectomy.