Camilo Boza1, Felipe León1, Erwin Buckel1, Arnoldo Riquelme2, Fernando Crovari1, Jorge Martínez1, Rajesh Aggarwal3,4, Teodor Grantcharov5, Nicolás Jarufe1, Julián Varas6. 1. Experimental Surgery and Simulation Center, Department of Digestive Surgery, Clinic Hospital, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 377, Santiago, Chile. 2. Experimental Surgery and Simulation Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Clinic Hospital, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 3. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 4. Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 5. Department of Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 6. Experimental Surgery and Simulation Center, Department of Digestive Surgery, Clinic Hospital, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 377, Santiago, Chile. jevaras@uc.cl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Multiple simulation training programs have demonstrated that effective transfer of skills can be attained and applied into a more complex scenario, but evidence regarding transfer to the operating room is limited. OBJECTIVE: To assess junior residents trained with simulation performing an advanced laparoscopic procedure in the OR and compare results to those of general surgeons without simulation training and expert laparoscopic surgeons. METHODS: Experimental study: After a validated 16-session advanced laparoscopy simulation training program, junior trainees were compared to general surgeons (GS) with no simulation training and expert bariatric surgeons (BS) in performing a stapled jejuno-jejunostomy (JJO) in the OR. Global rating scale (GRS) and specific rating scale scores, operative time and the distance traveled by both hands measured with a tracking device, were assessed. In addition, all perioperative and immediate postoperative morbidities were registered. RESULTS: Ten junior trainees, 12 GS and 5 BS experts were assessed performing a JJO in the OR. All trainees completed the entire JJO in the OR without any takeovers by the BS. Six (50 %) BS takeovers took place in the GS group. Trainees had significantly better results in all measured outcomes when compared to GS with considerable higher GRS median [19.5 (18.8-23.5) vs. 12 (9-13.8) p < 0.001] and lower operative time. One morbidity was registered; a patient in the trainees group was readmitted at postoperative day 10 for mechanical ileus that resolved with medical treatment. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated transfer of advanced laparoscopic skills acquired through a simulated training program in novice surgical residents to the OR.
BACKGROUND: Multiple simulation training programs have demonstrated that effective transfer of skills can be attained and applied into a more complex scenario, but evidence regarding transfer to the operating room is limited. OBJECTIVE: To assess junior residents trained with simulation performing an advanced laparoscopic procedure in the OR and compare results to those of general surgeons without simulation training and expert laparoscopic surgeons. METHODS: Experimental study: After a validated 16-session advanced laparoscopy simulation training program, junior trainees were compared to general surgeons (GS) with no simulation training and expert bariatric surgeons (BS) in performing a stapled jejuno-jejunostomy (JJO) in the OR. Global rating scale (GRS) and specific rating scale scores, operative time and the distance traveled by both hands measured with a tracking device, were assessed. In addition, all perioperative and immediate postoperative morbidities were registered. RESULTS: Ten junior trainees, 12 GS and 5 BS experts were assessed performing a JJO in the OR. All trainees completed the entire JJO in the OR without any takeovers by the BS. Six (50 %) BS takeovers took place in the GS group. Trainees had significantly better results in all measured outcomes when compared to GS with considerable higher GRS median [19.5 (18.8-23.5) vs. 12 (9-13.8) p < 0.001] and lower operative time. One morbidity was registered; a patient in the trainees group was readmitted at postoperative day 10 for mechanical ileus that resolved with medical treatment. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated transfer of advanced laparoscopic skills acquired through a simulated training program in novice surgical residents to the OR.
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Advanced laparoscopy; Laparoscopic training; Simulation; Surgical simulation; Surgical training
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