William L Patrick1,2,3, Amit Iyengar1, Jason J Han1, Jarvis C Mays4, Mark Helmers1, John J Kelly1, Xingmei Wang5, Mehrdad Ghoreishi6, Bradley S Taylor6, Pavan Atluri1, Nimesh D Desai1,2, Matthew L Williams1. 1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 2. Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 3. Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 4. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 5. Biostatistics Analysis Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 6. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is limited data to inform minimum case requirements for training in robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RA-CABG). Current recommendations rely on nonclinical endpoints and expert opinion. OBJECTIVES: To determine the minimum number of RA-CABG procedures required to achieve stable clinical outcomes. METHODS: We included isolated RA-CABG in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) registry performed between 2014 and 2019 by surgeons without prior RA-CABG experience. Outcomes were approach conversion, reoperation, major morbidity or mortality, and procedural success. Case sequence number was used as a continuous variable in logistic regression with restricted cubic splines with fixed effects. Outcomes were compared between operations performed earlier versus later in case sequences using unadjusted and adjusted metrics. RESULTS: There were 1195 cases performed by 114 surgeons. A visual inflection point occurs by a surgeon's 10th procedure for approach conversion, major morbidity or mortality, and overall procedural success after which outcomes stabilize. There was a significant decrease in the rate of approach conversion (7.7% and 2.5%), reoperation (18.9% and 10.8%), and major morbidity or mortality (21.7% and 12.9%), as well as an increase in the rate of procedural success (72.9% and 85.3%) with increasing experience between groups. In a multivariable logistic regression model, case sequences of >10 were an independent predictor of decreased approach conversion (odds ratio [OR]: 0.27; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.09-0.84) and increased rate procedural success (OR: 1.96; 95% CI: 1.00-3.84). CONCLUSIONS: The learning curve for RA-CABG is initially steep, but stable clinical outcomes are achieved after the 10th procedure.
BACKGROUND: There is limited data to inform minimum case requirements for training in robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RA-CABG). Current recommendations rely on nonclinical endpoints and expert opinion. OBJECTIVES: To determine the minimum number of RA-CABG procedures required to achieve stable clinical outcomes. METHODS: We included isolated RA-CABG in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) registry performed between 2014 and 2019 by surgeons without prior RA-CABG experience. Outcomes were approach conversion, reoperation, major morbidity or mortality, and procedural success. Case sequence number was used as a continuous variable in logistic regression with restricted cubic splines with fixed effects. Outcomes were compared between operations performed earlier versus later in case sequences using unadjusted and adjusted metrics. RESULTS: There were 1195 cases performed by 114 surgeons. A visual inflection point occurs by a surgeon's 10th procedure for approach conversion, major morbidity or mortality, and overall procedural success after which outcomes stabilize. There was a significant decrease in the rate of approach conversion (7.7% and 2.5%), reoperation (18.9% and 10.8%), and major morbidity or mortality (21.7% and 12.9%), as well as an increase in the rate of procedural success (72.9% and 85.3%) with increasing experience between groups. In a multivariable logistic regression model, case sequences of >10 were an independent predictor of decreased approach conversion (odds ratio [OR]: 0.27; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.09-0.84) and increased rate procedural success (OR: 1.96; 95% CI: 1.00-3.84). CONCLUSIONS: The learning curve for RA-CABG is initially steep, but stable clinical outcomes are achieved after the 10th procedure.
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