A Comparison of the Mini-gastric Bypass, Commercial Diet Plan and Standard Care for Obese Patients
R Rutledge, MD. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Recently “Weight Watchers” funded a multi-institutional trial comparing a free access to “Weight Watcher’s” Commercial plan to “standard care” as recommended by patients’ local physician. The purpose of this study was to include similarly sized patients who underwent Mini-Gastric Bypass (MGB) as a comparison to… 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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Assessing Competency and Training of Colonoscopy in a General Surgery Residency Program
William W Hope, MD, W. Borden Hooks, MD, S. Nicole Kilbourne, Cyrus A Kotwall, MD, Thomas V Clancy, MD. New Hanover Regional Medical Center Recently, the adequacy of training for endoscopy in general surgery residency programs has been questioned. Efforts to improve residency education in endoscopy as well as judging competency are ongoing but… Continue Reading
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Basic Laparoscopic Skills Training Using Fresh Frozen Human Cadaver; A Randomised Controlled Trial
Mitesh Sharma, MBBS MS MRCS, David Macafee, MADM FRCS, Alan Horgan, MD FRCS. Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Freeman Hospital NHS Trust INTRODUCTIONThe study was aimed to determine if training on Fresh Frozen Human Cadavers (FFC) improves the laparoscopic skills performance of novices and whether the acquired skills are transferable to another valid training modality… Continue Reading
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Best Training Improves the Understanding and Safety of Electrosurgery Use in the Operating Room
Catherine E Beck, MD, Jeffrey L Eakin, MD, Dean Mikami, MD. The Ohio State University Background: In 1928 Drs. Cushing and Bovie invented the standard electrocautery pencil known as the bovie. Since then, great advances have been made in electrosurgical technology generating an abundance of diverse devices and electrosurgical principles, which are used in… 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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Comprehensive Proficiency-based Inanimate Training for Robotic Surgery: Reliability, Feasibility, and Educational Benefit
Nabeel A Arain, MD MBA, Genevieve Dulan, MD, Deborah C Hogg, BS, Robert V Rege, MD, Cathryn Powers, MD, Seifu T Tesfay, RN MS, Linda S Hynan, PhD, Daniel J Scott, MD. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Introduction: We previously developed a comprehensive, proficiency-based robotic training curriculum that aimed to address 23 unique… Continue Reading
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Concurrent Performance in Virtual Reality and Clinical Endoscopy
Mazen R Al-mansour, MD, Kelly M Tyler, MD, Ziad N Kutayli, MD, Angelica C Belo, MD, Paul F Visintainer, PhD, Neal E Seymour, MD. Baystate Medical Center Introduction: The aim of the current study is to characterize concurrent performance of colonoscopy on a virtual reality (VR) simulator and in clinical endoscopy, and to determine… 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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Developing a Needs Assessment for Standardized Surgical Resident Training in Basic Electrosurgical Principles
Jeffrey L Eakin, MD, Catherine E Beck, MD, Rebecca Detorre, Dean J Mikami, MD. The Ohio State University Medical Center Introduction: Unintended electrosurgical injuries are preventable complications that may be a direct result of an insufficient fund of knowledge pertaining to electrophysics and electrosurgical equipment. In fact, some studies estimate that electrosurgical injuries may… Continue Reading
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Development and Evaluation of a Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Simulator and Procedural Rating Scale
Byron F Santos, MD, Eric S Hungness, MD, Taylor J Reif, BS, Alexander P Nagle, MD, Deborah M Rooney, PhD, Nathaniel J Soper, MD. Northwestern University Department of Surgery Introduction: Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) is an effective, single-stage treatment for choledocholithiasis. However, LCBDE requires specific cognitive and technical skills, is infrequently performed… 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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Does a Surgical Operating Platform Shorten the Learning Curve for Single-incision-laparoscopy?
Erwin Rieder, MD, Matthew Breen, BS, Maria A Cassera, BS, Danny V Martinec, BS, Chet W Hammill, MD, Lee L Swanstrom, MD. MIS Program, Legacy Health, Portland, OR; Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR Objective: In single-incision-laparoscopy (SIL), crossed instruments together with the proximity of the endoscope inevitably interferes with… Continue Reading
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Does Fellow Participation in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Affect Peri-operative Outcomes?
Aditya Gupta, MBBS, Neil H Bhayani, MD MHS, Valerie J Halpin, MD. Legacy Weight Management Institute, The Oregon Clinic Introduction: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) is an advanced laparoscopic procedure, which requires specialized training most often gained during a fellowship. The learning curve is estimated between 50 and 100 cases. We hypothesized that the… Continue Reading
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Does the Incorporation of Motion Metrics Into the Existing Fls Metrics Lead to Improved Skill Acquisition On Simulators?
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD PhD, Thomas C Yonce, Ryan C Phillips, Aikaterini Coker. Carolinas Simulation Center, Carolinas Healthcare System Introduction: Motion tracking has been suggested to be a more sensitive performance metric compared with time and errors during simulator training. It is unknown, however, whether the incorporation of such metrics into the training goals of a… Continue Reading
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