New Dog, New Tricks: Trends in Laparoscopic Simulator Performance for Incoming Surgery Residents
Nicoleta O Kolozsvari, MD, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Melina C Vassiliou, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD. Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Introduction: Exposure to laparoscopic surgery during medical school has increased over recent years. The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) simulator allows for objective… Continue Reading
Effectiveness of Telemedicine in a Forward Combat Environment
Robert B Lim, MD LTC, Alberto H Abadia, MD MAJ, Juan L Martin, MD MAJ, Antonio D Colomo, MD CPT. Spanish Role IIe Hospital in Herat Telemedicine has been touted as a way to augment a remote hospital's capabilities, but little has been published on its effects in the combat environment. Small surgical teams have… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Emerging Technology
Model of Portable Simulator Training in Endoscopic Surgery
Jose Daniel lozada leon, MD, Armando Contreras Arellano, MD. sanatorio santa monica Objective: To Present a portable endoscopic surgery simulator model, Impact on the learning curve of endoscopic surgical skill. Properties: "Anatomical", Light, 4 ports 10-12mm, Integrated Screen Folding Port, Hand Assisted port work, Integrated battery, Portable, Lens of commercial video with autofocus with enhance… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Completion of a Novel Virtual Reality-Based Suturing Curriculum Improves Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot Tying Skills in Novices
Shohan Shetty, MD, Lucian Panait, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT Introduction: Training residents in advanced surgical skills is now possible, and even required, outside of the operating room. However, work-hour limits, increased patient volume,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Are Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons Ready to Embrace ‘Touchy Feely’ Feedback?
Susannah M Wyles, MSc MRCS, Danilo Miskovic, MD FRCS, John Griffith, MD FRCS, Roger Motson, MS FRCS, George B Hanna, PhD FRCS. Imperial College London, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Colchester General Hospital BackgroundEnsuring the maximum educational output is achieved by trainees from each training session is a priority for every trainer. Given that laparoscopic surgery is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
‘Working Against the Camera’ During Minimally Invasive Surgery: Extending the Use of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Platform During Surgical Simulation
Enrico Danzer, MD, Kristoffel Dumon, MD, Mayank Mittal, MD, Amy Cha, MD, Kenric Murayama, MD, Jon B Morris, MD, Noel N Williams, MD, Andrew Resnick, MD. Department of General Surgery, University of Pennsylvania BackgroundThe SAGES Fundamentals of Laparoscopic surgery (FLS) is a validated program for the teaching and evaluation of the basic knowledge and skills… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Augmented Reality Navigation System for Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Children Based On Preoperative CT Image Using Optical Tracking Device
Satoshi Ieiri, MD PhD, Munenori Uemura, Kouzou Konishi, MD PhD, Takanori Nakatsuji, MD PhD, Mayumi Higashi, MD PhD, Junko Akiyoshi, MD PhD, Ryota Souzaki, MD PhD, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, MD PhD, Morimasa Tomikawa, MD PhD FACS, Kazuo Tanoue, MD PhD FACS. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kyushu University Purpose: In minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, because the surgeon… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Gaze Training Improves Technical Performance and Resistance to Distractions in Virtual Laparoscopic Surgery
Mark Wilson, Sam Vine, James Brewer, Elizabeth Bright, Rich Masters, John McGrath. University of Exeter OBJECTIVES: The operating room environment is replete with stressors and distractions that increase the attentional demands of what are already complex psychomotor procedures. As the attentional control of novices appears to be particularly disrupted by auditory distractions, helping trainees to… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Defining a Proficiency-Based Virtual Reality Curriculum for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Vanessa N Palter, MD, Maurtis Graafland, MD, Marlies P Schijven, MD PhD, Teodor P Grantcharov, MD PhD. St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, On, Canada., Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Introduction: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is an advanced minimally invasive procedure with a long variable learning curve. Although task training on virtual reality simulators has been… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Artificial Pneumothorax During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Yosuke Izumi, MD PhD, Tairo Ryotokuji, MD, Akinori Miura, MD, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroshi Sato, MD, Kohei Kimura, MD. Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital Background: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) for esophageal cancer is increasingly being used with increasing skills and experience and advances of endoscopic technology such as high-resolution endoscopic system. The… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Systematic Liver Resections: From Hybrid to Pure
Go Wakabayashi, MD PhD, Hiroyuki Nitta, MD PhD, Akira Sasaki, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine Background: Recent developments in liver surgery include the introduction of laparoscopic liver resection. Systematic liver resection appears to be superior to non-anatomical liver resection in operative and oncological results. World review of 2,804 laparoscopic… Continue Reading
New Technology for Colorectal Surveys
Nathalie Mantilla, MD, Ariane Abcarian, MD, Jose Cintron, MD, Marc Singer, MD, Herand Abcarian, MD. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Northshore Medical Group, Highland Park, IL. PURPOSESelf-administered patient questionnaires are available in colorectal surgery, and can provide useful information for better classification and understanding of patients’ conditions and can be helpful with clinical… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Assessment and Histology of Human Acellular Dermis (strattice®) in Pd Patients with Abdominal Wall Hernias
Brian P Rose, ScB, Florias A Morfesis, MD. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville Introduction: In rare instances, we are able to re-operate on patients laparoscopically who have had previous hernia repair surgery with mesh. In this single case report, we highlight a patient who underwent incisional hernia repair with Strattice biologic and then 13… Continue Reading
A Comparative Study of Robotic Versus Conventional Open Modified Radical Neck Dissection for the Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lateral Neck Node Metastasis
Sang-Wook Kang, MD, So Hee Lee, MD, Haeng Rang Ryu, MD, Woong Youn Chung, MD. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Purpose: Since the introduction of endoscopic technique to thyroid surgery, several endoscopic lateral neck dissection trials have been conducted with the aim of avoiding a long cervical scar, and the recent introduction… Continue Reading
A Comparative Study for the Surgical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomies (Transperitoneal Approach vs. Posterior Retroperitoneal Approach) for Small Adrenal Tumors
Sang-Wook Kang, MD, Jong Ju Jeong, MD, Woong Youn Chung, MD. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Backgrounds: With the development of endoscopic instruments and minimally invasive techniques, the laparoscopic adrenalectomy has been the gold standards for the surgical treatment of small adrenal tumors. Several approaching routes for laparoscopic adrenalectomy such as transperitoneal… Continue Reading