New Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches – Notes, Less Mini: Which Is the Preferred Among Patients?
Gustavo L Carvalho, PhD, Diego L Lima, Student, Adriano C Sales, Student, Rafaela L Gouveia, Student, Rebeca G Rocha, Student, Eduardo F Chaves, Student, José Sérgio N Silva, MD. Oswaldo Cruz Universitary Hospital - University of Pernambuco - Faculty of Medical Sciences BACKGROUND: The recent advances in laparoscopic surgery developed new technologies that can… Continue Reading
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Significant Transfer of Surgical Skills Obtained With an Advanced Laparoscopic Training Curriculum; Feasibility of Learning Advanced Laparoscopy in a General Surgery Residency.
Julian Varas, MD, Ricardo Mejía, MD, Oslando Padilla, PhDS, Felipe Maluenda, MS, Napoleon Salgado, MD, Arnoldo Riquelme, MD, Jorge Martinez, MD, Nicolas Jarufe, MD, Rajesh Aggarwal, MBBS MA PhD FRCS, Camilo Boza, MD. Department of Digestive Surgery. Surgery Division. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile INTRODUCTION: Currently, there is no valid competency based training programs… Continue Reading
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Data-based Self-study Guidelines for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Examination
Maria A Cassera, BS, Bin Zheng, MD PhD, Lee L Swanstrom, MD. Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division, The Oregon Clinic Introduction:The goal of this study is to analyze residents’ performance on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) manual skills tasks following the American Board of Surgery mandate in 2010, and provide a set… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Performed By Residents
Elizabeth Hooper, MD, Jonathan Myers, MD, Keith Millikan, MD, Minh Luu, MD. Rush University Medical Center BACKGROUNDSingle incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is a feasible and safe technique that is gaining popularity. SILC is technically demanding. Initial concerns regarding safety have limited its wide acceptance. Slowly, SILC techniques are now taught to fellows and residents… Continue Reading
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Models for Training and Evaluation of Flexible Endoscopic Skills Using the Step Program
D. Berger-richardson, Y. Kurashima, MD, P. Kaneva, MSc, L. S Feldman, MD, G. M Fried, MD, M. C Vassiliou, MD. Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University Health Centre, and The Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre, McGill University Objective: Flexible endoscopy is an increasingly important skill for gastrointestinal surgeons,… Continue Reading
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Training the Trainers – Surgical Style
Susannah M Wyles, MSc MRCS, Chee Wan Lai, MBBS MRCS, Melody Ni, PhD, Nader Francis, PhD FRCS, John T Jenkins, FRCS, Amjad Parvaiz, MD FRCS, Tom Cecil, MD FRCS, Roland Valori, MD FRCP, George Hanna, PhD FRCS, Mark G Coleman, MD FRCS. Imperial College London, Derriford Hospital, Yeovil Hospital, St Marks Hospital Harrow, Queen Alexandra… Continue Reading
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Analysis of Eye Gaze: Do Novice Surgeons Look at the Same Location As Expert Surgeons During a Laparoscopic Operation?
Rana Khan, MD, Geoffrey Tien, Stella Atkins, Bin Zheng, MD, Ormond N Panton, MD, Adam T Meneghetti, MD MHSc. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Introduction:The purpose of this study is to see if eye-tracking technology can be used to detect differences in the eye gaze pattern between expert and novice surgeons. Eye-tracking… Continue Reading
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Surgeons Don’t Know What They Don’t Know About the Safe Use of Energy in Surgery
Liane S Feldman, MD, Pascal Fuchshuber, MD PhD, Daniel B Jones, MS MD, Jessica Mischna, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Fuse Task Force . McGill University, The Permanente Medical Group,Harvard Medical School, SAGES, Cambridge Heath Alliance Introduction: Surgeons have not been required to train on the energy-based devices they use in the operating room or… Continue Reading
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Teaching and Good Results Can Go Hand in Hand in Bariatric Surgery: 1733 Consecutive Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Cases at a Teaching Center Without Gastro-jejunostomy Leak
Ashutosh Kaul, MD FRCS FACS, Anthony Maffei, MD FACS, Thomas Sullivan, BS, Edward Yatco, MD FACS, Thomas Cerabona, MD FACS, Niu Zhang, MD. New York Medical College Aim of this presentation is to communicate our series of 1733 consecutive laparoscopic gastric bypasses done at a teaching center without any leak from the gastro-jejunostomy and… Continue Reading
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Preoperative Training and Planning Methods for a Single-incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Situs Intrevsus Totalis (sit)
Hisashi Ikoma, PhD, Yukihito Kokuba, PhD, Yusuke Yamamoto, PhD, Ryou Morimura, PhD, Yastutoshi Murayama, PhD, Syuuhei Komatsu, PhD, Atsushi Shiozaki, PhD, Yoshiaki Kuriu, PhD, Masayoshi Nakanishi, PhD, Daisuke Ichikawa, PhD, Hitoshi Fujiwara, PhD, Kazuma Okamoto, PhD, Toshiya Ochiai, PhD, Eigo Otsuji, PhD. Department of Digestive Surgery,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine 1. Objective of technique:… Continue Reading
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Simulation and Performance of Single Site Surgery
Pamela Burgess, MD, Joel Brockmeyer, MD, Byron Faler, MD, Yong Choi, MD. Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center INTRODUCTIONInterest in Laparoendoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery has been increasing in the past several years. While the benefits of LESS surgery are limited to cosmesis at this time, a recent survey performed at a meeting of… Continue Reading
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Short-term Use of a Laparoscopic Virtual Reality Simulator in One Surgical Residency Program: A Survey of Residents
Eric Changchien, MD, Dahlia Tawfik, MD, Sachin Kukreja, MD. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, IL Introduction: The quality, accessibility, and utilization of laparoscopic training labs and laparoscopic virtual reality (VR) simulators are varied amongst surgical training programs in the country. We surveyed residents in one surgical residency program to assess the satisfaction of their laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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Bio-texture Modeling By Multimaterial 3d Printing System for Laparoscopic Surgical Simulation and Navigation
Maki Sugimoto, title, Takeshi Azuma, title. Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine BACKGROUND3D printing technologies have been used for manufacturing patient-specific models used for planning surgical procedures. However the initial method has been simply printed out by one material. Our new technique of bio-texture modeling by multimaterial 3D printing system enabled simultaneous jetting of… Continue Reading
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Development of a Virtual Reality Notes Simulator
Kai Matthes, MD PhD, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, PhD, Arun Nemani, BS, Woojin Ahn, PhD, Masayuki Kato, MD PhD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Suvranu De, ScD. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY INTRODUCTION Virtual reality (VR) simulation has been beneficial… Continue Reading
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You Have a Message! Social Networking As a Motivator for Fls Training
Andrea M Petrucci, MD, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Ekaterina Lebedeva, MLIS, Liane S Feldman, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD. McGill University Health Center INTRODUCTION: Despite evidence supporting the value of FLS, surgical educators still find it challenging to motivate residents to practice. Web 2.0 technologies allow users to interact with, and… Continue Reading
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