Laparoscopic Simulation in Reverse and Side Alignment Does Not Improve Task Performance in Forward Alignment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Nashwa Khogali, DO, Pam Haan, RN, BSN, Cheryl Anderson, RN, BSN, MSA, Rama Gupta, BS, Caroline Moon, BS, David Henry, MD, Srinivas Kavuturu, MD. Michigan State University Department of Surgery. Introduction: Because the influence of visual-spatial discordance during training on laparoscopic skills acquisition is poorly understood, we hypothesized that forward alignment surgical skills performed on… Continue Reading
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Reliability of GOALS Scores using Generalizability Theory
E Bilgic, Y Watanabe, MD, L Lee, MD, M C Vassiliou, MD. Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Background: The Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) is an objective assessment tool that had been used to assess performance in the operating room. Its reliability has… Continue Reading
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The Effect of Caffeine on Laparoscopic Skills Performance in Simulated Settings
Vincent Quan, BSc, Badriya S Alaraimi, MD, Walid Elbakbak, MSc, Amina Bouhelal, MSc, Ana Gavrila, BSc, Bijendra Patel, FRCS. Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London, Academic Department of Upper GI Surgery - Barts and The London NHS Trust. Introduction Coffee is commonly consumed by many surgeons due to its suspected effect on… Continue Reading
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Establishment of animal lab for the evaluation and training of advanced laparoscopic surgery
Yo Kuashima, MD, PhD, Yuma Ebihara, MD, PhD, Toru Nakamura, MD, PhD, Eiji Tamoto, MD, PhD, Souichi Murakami, MD, PhD, Joe Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, MD, PhD, Toshiaki Shichinohe, MD, PhD, Satoshi Hirano, MD, PhD. Hokkaido University. INTRODUCTION: The use of trainer box for the training of fundamental laparoscopic skills has spread widely, however,… Continue Reading
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THE SURGEON AND THE SCOPE: TALES FROM THE EARLY DAYS Tales from the Early Days of Laparoscopy at McGill
Katherine M McKendy, MD, Yusuke Watanabe, MD, Ekaterina Lebedeva, MLIS, Liane S Feldman, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD, MEd. McGill University Health Centre, Jewish General Hospital. This video is a compilation of interviews with the surgeons who pioneered the implementation of laparoscopic surgery at McGill. Using semi-structured interviews, we collected the… 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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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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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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Retention of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Proficiency with a Biannual Mandatory Training Session
Lindsay Wenger, MD, Cory Richardson, MD, Shawn Tsuda, MD, FACS. University of Nevada School of Medicine. Introduction: The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program was developed by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in 1997 with the goal of teaching surgeons the fundamental knowledge, judgment, and technical skills specific to laparoscopic surgery.… 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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Quality Improvement Through Social Media: an initial look at the International Hernia Collaboration Facebook(tm) Group
Patricia C Chui, MD, Brian P Jacob, MD. Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC. Introduction: The widespread accessibility to social media platforms, such as Facebook™, affords all of the stakeholders interested in optimizing patient outcomes within a specific surgical discipline the extraordinary opportunity to participate in the rapid global exchange of education and ideas. Groups that… Continue Reading
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A Little Slower, But Just as Good: Resident Outcomes in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair by Post-Graduate Year (PGY)
Samuel W Ross, MD, MPH, Bindhu Oommen, MD, MPH, Joel F Bradley, MD, Mimi Kim, MD, Amanda L Walters, MS, John M Green, MD, Vedra A Augenstein, MD, Brant T Heniford, MD. Carolinas Medical Center, Dept. of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery. INTRODUCTION: The controversy of resident experience level and involvement in… 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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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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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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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation