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- Title
Innovation vs experimentation - who decides?
- Authors
Herr, Harry W.
- Abstract
The author reflects on the study by Sundaram and colleagues regarding the innovative procedures that received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. He discusses several topics including the possible risks of innovative medical practices, such as surgery, radical perineal prostatectomy for prostate cancer, and the robotic urological surgery.
- Subjects
INSTITUTIONAL review boards; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; SURGICAL robots; PROSTATE cancer treatment; PROSTATECTOMY
- Publication
BJU International, 2014, Vol 113, Issue 3, pE9
- ISSN
1464-4096
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/bju.12615