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Cases performed during the early steep learning curve were eliminated to examine whether the continued improvement exists over the \u201ctail end\u201d of the curve.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospectively acquired database of all EEA cases performed by the senior authors at Weill Cornell Medicine\/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was reviewed. The first 200 cases were eliminated and the next 1000 consecutive cases were examined to avoid the bias created by the early learning curve.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 1000 cases, the most common pathologies included pituitary adenoma (51%), meningoencephalocele or CSF leak repair (8.6%), meningioma (8.4%), craniopharyngioma (7.3%), basilar invagination (3.1%), Rathke\u2019s cleft cyst (2.8%), and chordoma (2.4%). Use of lumbar drains decreased from the first half to the second half of our series (p &lt;0.05) as did the authors\u2019 use of fat alone (p &lt;0.005) or gasket alone (p &lt;0.005) for dural closure, while the use of a nasoseptal flap increased (p &lt;0.005). Although mean tumor diameter was constant (on average), gross-total resection (GTR) increased from 60% in the first half to 73% in the second half (p &lt;0.005). GTR increased for all pathologies but most significantly for chordoma (56% vs 100%, p &lt;0.05), craniopharyngioma (47% vs 0.71%, p &lt;0.05) and pituitary adenoma (67% vs 75%, p &lt;0.05). Hormonal cure for secreting adenomas also increased from 83% in the first half to 89% in the second half (p &lt;0.05). The rate of any complication was unchanged at 6.4% in the first half and 6.2% in the latter half of cases, and vascular injury occurred in only 0.6% of cases. Postoperative CSF leak occurred in 2% of cases and was unchanged between the first and second half of the series.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrates that contrary to popular belief, the surgical learning curve does not plateau but can continue for several years depending on the complexity of the endpoints considered. 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