Preliminary Evaluation of the Pattern Cutting and the Ligating Loop Virtual Laparoscopic Trainers
Amine Chellali, PhD, Woojin Ahn, PhD, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, PhD, Jeff Flinn, MS, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Suvranu De, ScD, Caroline G. L Cao, PhD. Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Wright State University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. INTRODUCTION: The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) trainer is currently… Continue Reading
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Hypnosis Induced Mental Training Improves Performance on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Simulator
Gideon Sroka, MD, MSc, Monica Laniado, MD, Zahi Arnon, PhD, Elad Schief, MD, Ibrahim Matter, MD. Department of General Surgery(1), Complementary & Alternative Medicine Services(2) Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. Background: mental training is used extensively by musicians and athletes to improve their performance. Recently it has been suggested as a training method for surgical… Continue Reading
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Differences in Gaze Behaviour of Expert and Novice Surgeons Performing Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
Tony Tien, Philip Pucher, Mikael Sodergren, Kumuthan Sriskandarajah, Guang-Zhong Yang, Ara Darzi. Imperial College London Department of Surgery and Cancer at St. Mary's Hospital. Introduction: Gaze behaviour has been used in allied fields in the evaluation of task proficiency. Such differences may be identified in surgery for the assessment of technical skill, particularly in the… Continue Reading
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Camera Navigation and Cannulation: Validity Evidence for 2 New Tasks
Y Watanabe, MD, E Bilgic, E M Ritter, MD, S Schwaitzberg, MD, P A Kaneva, MSc, K I Hoffman, PhD, J R Korndorffer, MD, D J Scott, MD, A Okrainec, MD, M T Odonnell, MD, L S Feldman, MD, G M Fried, MD, M C Vassiliou, MD. McGill University Health Centre, Tulane University, Uniformed Services… Continue Reading
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DOES SIMULATION IMPROVE LEARNING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL USE OF SURGICAL ENERGY(tm) (FUSE) CURRICULUM? A RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED TRIAL IN SURGICAL TRAINEES
A Madani, MD, Y Watanabe, MD, Mc Vassiliou, MD, P Fuchshuber, MD, Db Jones, MD, S Schwaitzberg, MD, Gm Fried, MD, Ls Feldman, MD. McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Kaiser Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA, USA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, USA. INTRODUCTION: While energy devices are ubiquitous… Continue Reading
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Technical Proficiency in Colonoscopy Correlates with Performance On the Fes Manual Skills Test
Carmen L Mueller, MD, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Gerald M Fried, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD. Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre. INTRODUCTION: Ensuring proficiency in endoscopy has become a major priority for general surgery training programs in recent years. The Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) test is a high stakes… Continue Reading
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Comparative Analysis of Laparoscopic and Robot-assisted Surgical Task Performance in Laparoscopic Novices and Experts
Ahmed M Zihni, MD, MPH, Jaime A Cavallo, MD, MPHS, Jason Chiu, BA, Ikechukwu Ohu, BS, Sohyung Cho, PhD, L. Michael Brunt, MD, FACS, Michael M Awad, MD, PhD. Washington University in St Louis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) utilizes wristed instruments that provide more degrees of freedom than rigid traditional… Continue Reading
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The Business Engineering Surgical Technologies (BEST) Teaching Method: Incubating Talents for Surgical Innovation
Vivian De Ruijter, Peter Halvax, MD, Bernard Dallemagne, MD, Lee Swanstrom, MD, Jacques Marescaux, MD, Silvana Perretta, MD. IRCAD-IHU, University of Strasbourg, France. INTRODUCTION: Technological innovation in surgical science and healthcare is vital and calls for close collaboration between engineering and surgery. Platforms that facilitate effective and directed communication between professionals from both worlds would… Continue Reading
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The Successful Development and Implementation of a Novel, Biliary Surgical Simulation Pathway Training Curriculum
Joseph M Buchholz, BS, Charles M Vollmer, MD, Kiyoyuki W Miyasaka, MD, Denise LaMarra, MS, Noel N Williams, MB, BCh, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS, Jon B Morris, MD, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, MA, FRCS. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. INTRODUCTION Traditionally, the function of simulation in surgical education is to provide instruction… Continue Reading
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Validation of a Novel, Low-Cost Simulator for Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair and Fundoplication
J Babowice, P Suarez, W Denham, J Linn, S Haggerty, R Tanaka, M Gitelis, J Carbray, M Ujiki. NorthShore University HealthSystem. Background: Laparoscopic simulation has become a widely accepted methodology in surgical training; however, few procedure specific training models have been developed and validated. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a… Continue Reading
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FLS Skill Acquisition: A Comparison of Blocked versus Interleaved Practice
Steven B Goldin, MD, PhD, Gregory T Horn, BA, Michael J Schnaus, BA, Mark Grichanik, BA, Adam Ducey, BA, Charles Nofsinger, MD, David Hernandez, MD, Murray Shames, MD, Mark Zakaria, MD, Michael T Brannick, PhD. University of South Florida. Introduction: Fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) certification is required for general surgery. FLS training requires a… Continue Reading
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A Comprehensive Process for Disclosing and Managing Conflicts of Interest Reduced Perceived Bias At the SAGES Annual Meeting
Steven C Stain, MD, Erin Schwarz, Phillip Shadduck, MD, Paresh Shah, MD, Sharona B Ross, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD, Yumi Hori, C D Smith, MD. Albany Medical College, Albany, NY; BSC Management, Los Angeles CA; Duke Regional Hospital, Durham NC; New York University, NY NY; Florida Hospital Tampa, Tampa FL, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA,… Continue Reading
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Bile Duct Injury Prevention Requires a New National Training Paradigm Despite Successful Deployment of FLS
Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Daniel J Scott, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Sophia K McKinley, BA, EdM, Johanna Castrillion, MD, Tina Hunter, PhD, L. Michael Brunt, MD. Harvard Medical School, UT Southwestern School of Medicine, S2 Statistical Solutions, Washington University School of Medicine. Bile duct injury (BDI) remains the dreaded complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)… Continue Reading
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Validation of an Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Curriculum
Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD, James Whitteledge, Richard Birkett, MD, Ted Delmonico, MD, Neal Seymour, MD. Lahey Clinic, Baystate Medical Center. INTRODUCTION: Since FLS represents a minimum proficiency standard for laparoscopic surgery, more advanced proficiency standards are required to address the need of current surgical training. We wanted to establish face and construct validity of a new… Continue Reading
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Construct Validity and Possible Educational Role for Motion Analysis in a Laparoscopic Trainer
Maeve O'Neill Trudeau, MD, Ahmed Nasr, MD, FRCSC, Brian Carrillo, PhD, J. Ted Gerstle, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP, Georges Azzie, MD, FRCSC. Dept of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto ON Canada. Centre for Image Guided Innovation & Therapeutic Intervention, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Dept of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario,… Continue Reading
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