Jian Chen1, Tiffany Chu1, Saum Ghodoussipour1, Sean Bowman2, Heetabh Patel2, Kevin King2, Andrew J Hung1. 1. Center for Robotic Simulation and Education, University of Southern California (USC) Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 2. Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of surgeon experience, body habitus, and bony pelvic dimensions on surgeon performance and patient outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The pelvic dimensions of 78 RARP patients were measured on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography by three radiologists. Surgeon automated performance metrics (APMs [instrument motion tracking and system events data, i.e., camera movement, third-arm swap, energy use]) were obtained by a systems data recorder (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) during RARP. Two analyses were performed: Analysis 1, examined effects of patient characteristics, pelvic dimensions and prior surgeon RARP caseload on APMs using linear regression; Analysis 2, the effects of patient body habitus, bony pelvic measurement, and surgeon experience on short- and long-term outcomes were analysed by multivariable regression. RESULTS: Analysis 1 showed that while surgeon experience affected the greatest number of APMs (P < 0.044), the patient's body mass index, bony pelvic dimensions, and prostate size also affected APMs during each surgical step (P < 0.043, P < 0.046, P < 0.034, respectively). Analysis 2 showed that RARP duration was significantly affected by pelvic depth (β = 13.7, P = 0.039) and prostate volume (β = 0.5, P = 0.024). A wider and shallower pelvis was less likely to result in a positive margin (odds ratio 0.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.09-0.72). On multivariate analysis, urinary continence recovery was associated with surgeon's prior RARP experience (hazard ratio [HR] 2.38, 95% CI 1.18-4.81; P = 0.015), but not on pelvic dimensions (HR 1.44, 95% CI 0.95-2.17). CONCLUSION: Limited surgical workspace, due to a narrower and deeper pelvis, does affect surgeon performance and patient outcomes, most notably in longer surgery time and an increased positive margin rate.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of surgeon experience, body habitus, and bony pelvic dimensions on surgeon performance and patient outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The pelvic dimensions of 78 RARP patients were measured on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography by three radiologists. Surgeon automated performance metrics (APMs [instrument motion tracking and system events data, i.e., camera movement, third-arm swap, energy use]) were obtained by a systems data recorder (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) during RARP. Two analyses were performed: Analysis 1, examined effects of patient characteristics, pelvic dimensions and prior surgeon RARP caseload on APMs using linear regression; Analysis 2, the effects of patientbody habitus, bony pelvic measurement, and surgeon experience on short- and long-term outcomes were analysed by multivariable regression. RESULTS: Analysis 1 showed that while surgeon experience affected the greatest number of APMs (P < 0.044), the patient's body mass index, bony pelvic dimensions, and prostate size also affected APMs during each surgical step (P < 0.043, P < 0.046, P < 0.034, respectively). Analysis 2 showed that RARP duration was significantly affected by pelvic depth (β = 13.7, P = 0.039) and prostate volume (β = 0.5, P = 0.024). A wider and shallower pelvis was less likely to result in a positive margin (odds ratio 0.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.09-0.72). On multivariate analysis, urinary continence recovery was associated with surgeon's prior RARP experience (hazard ratio [HR] 2.38, 95% CI 1.18-4.81; P = 0.015), but not on pelvic dimensions (HR 1.44, 95% CI 0.95-2.17). CONCLUSION: Limited surgical workspace, due to a narrower and deeper pelvis, does affect surgeon performance and patient outcomes, most notably in longer surgery time and an increased positive margin rate.
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