Reality vs. Virtual Reality – A Comparison of Colonoscopy Simulators
James Bittner, MD, Debra Tiemann, RN, Angelia Declue, Michael M Awad, MD PhD. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine INTRODUCTIONIn this era of proficiency-based training and limited duty hours, the role of simulation in medical education is becoming increasingly important. However, virtual reality (VR) simulators are often out of reach for most… 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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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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- Podium Presentations
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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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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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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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- Podium Presentations
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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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Teaching Cholangiography in a Surgical Residency Program
Lindsay M Bools, W. Borden Hooks, MD, Ashley Adams, BA, Thomas V Clancy, MD, William W Hope, MD. New Hanover Regional Medical Center Although indications for the procedure are debated, cholangiography remains a vital tool for the surgeon performing cholecystectomies. One potentially viable argument against routine cholangiography relates to the associated increase in time… Continue Reading
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Teaching Laparoscopic Skills to Qualified Surgeons With Limited Laparoscopic Experience
Muhammad F Murad, MBBS MCPS FCPS, Tariq Nawaz, MBBS FCPS, Qasim Ali, MBBS MCPS FCPS, Farhat Jehan, MBBS, Asif Zafar, FCPS FRCS. Holy Family hospital Introduction: In most of the developed countries, laparoscopic surgery is part of resident training program which enables them to learn this technique when the surgical teaching is going side… Continue Reading
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Teaching Technical Skills for Surgery – How Can We Improve?
Trystan M Lewis, Mr, Rajesh Aggarwal, Mr, Ara Darzi, Professor. Imperial College London IntroductionTeaching technical skills is an obligation of all surgical trainers. It is vital that technical skills’ teaching is performed appropriately and effectively. However, it is not certain which methods are most effective for skills teaching, as it is difficult to objectively… Continue Reading
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The Effect of Simulation in Improving Students\’ Performance in Laparoscopic Surgery: A Meta-Analysis
Azzam S Al-kadi, MD FRCSC, Tyrone Donnon, PhD, Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, PhD, Philip Mitchell, MD FRCSC, Estifanos Debru, MD FRCSC, Neal Church, MD FRCSC. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Department of Upper GI and Laparoscopic Surgery, Peter Lougheed Center, Calgary, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University… Continue Reading
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The Effects of Viewing Axis On Laparoscopic Performance: A Comparison of Non-expert and Expert Laparoscopic Surgeons.
Rebecca J Rhee, MD, Gladys Fernandez, MD, Ron Bush, BS, Neal E Seymour, MD. Baystate Medical Center-Western Campus Tufts University School of Medicine Introduction: While the ideal relationship of telescope viewing axis and instrument working axis in laparoscopic surgery is co-axial, it is often necessary to deviate the view of the surgical field from… Continue Reading
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The Establishment of a Training System for Single Port Surgery (sps) Using a Tissue Laboratory Model.
Hitoshi Idani, MD, Masahiko Nishizaki, MD, Madoka Hamada, MD, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, MD. Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Department of gastrointestinal surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentirtry and Farmaceutival Sciences Objectives: Single incision laparoscopic surgery has widely accepted in various abdominal surgeries. However, there had been few training system for SILS. We… Continue Reading
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- Education / Simulation
The Impact of a Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery and Virtual Reality Training Program On Surgical Performance, a Blinded Randomized Validation Trial
S B Goldin, MD PhD, H Lomas Iv, MPAS PAC MSIV, R E Heithaus, MS MSIV, D Molloy, MS MSIV, J R Williams, MD, D Donohue, MS MSIV, J Groundland, PT MSIV, S Schnaus, MS MSII, JJ Mateka, MS MSII, R Singh, MD, M T Brannick, PhD. The University of South Florida College of Medicine,… Continue Reading
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The Utility of Standardization of Laparoscopy Assisted Gastrectomy and Introduction of Telesurgery Mentoring System
Nobuhiro Kurita, MD PhD, Mitsuo Shimada, MD PhD, Takashi Iwata, MD PhD, Hirohiko Sato, MD PhD, Masanori Nishioka, MD PhD, Shinya Morimoto, MD PhD, Kozo Yoshikawa, MD PhD, Tomohiko Miyatani, MD, Masakazu Goto, MD, Hideya Kashihara, MD, Chie Mikami, MD. Department of Surgery, the University of Tokushima INTRODUCTION: The complexity in the procedures laparoscopy… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation