ABSTRACT
The medicolegal aspects of the burgeoning field of laparoscopic urologic surgery can be perceived as lagging behind the actual clinical applications. This should not come as any great surprise to those who have been at the forefront of laparoscopic urologic surgery. The rapidly changing nature of technology on the practice of urology is best seen in the application of laparoscopic techniques. Many aspects that have heretofore not been of significance are now increasingly apparent. For instance, the implications of training, skill acquisition, residency training and certification, the need for advanced postgraduate training, the learning curve for advanced laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgical interfaces, and our professional society’s and association’s guidelines or lack of them are now beginning to become important.
