Development and Validation of Mental Practice As a Training Strategy for Laparoscopic Surgery
BackgroundConcerns for patient safety have rendered the need for alternative training strategies outside of the operating-theatre. Mental Practice (MP), ‘the cognitive rehearsal of a task prior to performance,’ has been successful in sport and aviation to enhance imagery and thus skill. This study aims to develop and validate a MP training strategy for laparoscopic surgery.MethodA… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Improving Patient Outcomes and Resident Education Simultaneously: Intraoperative Endoscopy for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass First 100 Patients in a Single Center Experience
Background: Morbid obesity is a growing problem in the United States. As a result, now more than 100,000 laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypasses (LRYGB) are performed annually. A large portion of these are performed at teaching institutions. This procedure carries with it known complications, the most feared, is a leak at the gastro-jejunostomy. Intraoperative endoscopy (IE)… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Telegrading of Technical Skills Portion of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
Introduction: Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) is considered a validated educational module for basic laparoscopy. Recently, FLS and its testing have become available at no cost for all general surgery residency programs. Unfortunately, there are a relatively limited number of testing sites. This investigation studied the hypothesis that the technical skills portion of FLS test… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
A Novel and Precise Evaluation Model for Psychomotor Skills in Endoscopic Surgery
Purpose: Psychomotor skill is absolutely necessary for endoscopic surgeons. We devised tasks and parameters to evaluate psychomotor skills during endoscopic surgery and investigated their validity.Methods: Sixteen novice medical students (N) and ten expert surgeons (E) whohad performed over 50 endoscopic surgeries participated in the study. We evaluated psychomotor skill by asking the participants to move… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Remote Robotic Telepresence Is Efficacious in the Mentoring of Residents and Students in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
Objective: To determine that remote robotic telepresence can be used to evaluate and train surgical residents and medical students in the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS). This project is a precursor to providing real time intraoperative video tele-consultation to surgeons deployed in remote areas in support of the Global War on Terorism.Methods: A control group… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Outcomes of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (fls) Skills Training for Senior Medical Students Entering Surgical Residency
Introduction: Laparoscopic skills training is usually reserved for surgical residents who have some experience in performing open surgical procedures. This study examined the outcomes of training 4th year medical students matched in a surgical specialty (who had no prior open case experience as primary surgeon) in the skills tasks of the SAGES FLS program. Methods:… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Education / Simulation
Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition with Lap Sim®virtual Simulators: A Comparative Study
Objectives: Virtual simulators have been validated as training tools for development of laparoscopic skills and as an instrument of discrimination between novice and senior surgeons. Whilst formal training programs for inexperienced surgeons are lacking; there is no information about the use of these simulation devices in order to obtain optimal results.Material and methods: We present… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Impact of Training with Authorized Technical Experts on Colo-rectal Laparoscopic Skills; Hands on Training and Step By Step Training
Introduction: Laparoscopic skills training outside the operating room is becoming the standard for educating surgical residents. Because of the specific procedure, and the difference from open surgery, it is imperative to establish unique training system to promote efficiency of learning laparoscopic skills. Recently in Japan, Japanese Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) authorized technical experts who… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparing the Effect of Two High Fidelity Computer Games on the Learning Curve in Laparoscopic Surgery
INTRODUCTION: There is no clear consensus on the effect of computer games on laparoscopic surgical performance, this maybe due to the type of games used. This study aims to compare two high fidelity computer games, and their effect on the learning curve in laparoscopic surgery.METHODS AND PROCEDURES: 31 laparoscopic naïve subjects were randomly assigned to… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Learning Curves in Laparoscopic Surgery – a Systematic Review
INTRODUCTION: Recommendations for assessing learning curves in surgery were published in 2001. This study aims to assess systematically all published learning curve studies in laparoscopic surgery, and determine the impact of these recommendations on the quality of the publication.METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A systematic review was performed on all studies from 1996 assessing learning curves in… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
A Novel Active Overtube for Endoscopic Treatment of Colorectal Tumors
A NOVEL ACTIVE OVERTUBE FOR ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL TUMORSKazuhiko Shinohara MD, Gennai Yanagisawa MScSchool of Bionics, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, JapanObjective: Endoscopic resection for early colorectal tumors is minimally invasive treatment, however it requires long operation times and skillfulness to complete the en-bloc resection in safety. This weak point is caused by the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Transgastric Uterine Horn Resection Using a Novel NOTES Toolbox
Introduction: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a developing area of minimally invasive surgery. In order for NOTES to be performed efficiently and safely, there are several fundamental challenges that need to be addressed. These include a safe method for peritoneal access, maintenance of visualization and spatial orientation, design of instruments that provide articulation… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Human Gallbladder Measurements and Implications for Natural Orifice Surgery
Background: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) introduces a paradigm shift in minimally invasive surgery that may benefit patients with decreased post-operative pain, faster recovery, better cosmesis, and less surgical morbidity by reducing abdominal incisions. While several NOTES and hybrid-NOTES cholecystectomies have been performed throughout the world, much research is needed to refine the technique,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Scarless One Port Transumbilical Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is usually performed using several trocars. We report a case of a single port sleeve gastrectomy in a 42 year-old, female morbidly obese with a BMI of 42 kg/m2. Through a 2-cm single transumbilical incision Triport® was inserted and roticulator instruments were used. To retrieve the specimen we partially used the device… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Hybrid NOTES Cholecystectomy: Prospective Human Series
Introduction. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) makes it possible to perform intraperitoneal surgical procedures with a minimal number of access points in the abdominal wall. It is not yet possible at the present time to perform these interventions without the help of abdominal wall entryways, so these procedures are hybrids, a fusion of minilaparoscopy… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES