Does practice make perfect? a study probes how a Surgeon's learning curve impacts cancer surgery success

This study looks at how a surgeon's growing experience with single-incision laparoscopic surgery—a minimally invasive technique using a single small cut—affects short- and long-term results for people with rectal or sigmoid colon cancer. By analyzing past cases from one surgical team, researchers aim to map the learning curve and see whether patients treated earlier or later in that curve have different survival outcomes. The goal is to understand how much practice is needed to achieve the best results.