| Session Assignment: 1910 | |
| DAVINCI AND LAPAROSCOPY COMPARATIVE STUDY | |
| Author: Paul Singh | Presenter: Paul Singh |
| Department: OB-GYN @ JPS Hospital campus | |
| Research Area: Women's Health | |
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| (1) Laparoscopic Surgery, (2) daVinci Robotics, (3) Minimally Invasive Technique | |
| Paul Singh, MD Kollier Hinkle, MD UNTHSC/John Peter Smith Hospital, Department of Ob/Gyn, Fort Worth, Texas 76104 | |
| Short Description: Advances in laparoscopic surgery supporting improved patient outcomes have led to the production of the daVinci surgical assist robotic platform. It claims to "even the playing field" for laparoscopists allowing more advanced procedures to be performed by surgeons without fellowship training in minimally invasive technique. A lack of published data has led us to compare traditional laparoscopic training tasks performed on a pelvic trainer and on the robotic platform. | |
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Purpose: To compare traditional laparoscopic training tasks performed on a pelvic trainer and on the robotic platform.
Methods: Residents and students were randomized and compared on four tasks using one of the two modalities. The tasks were ascending in difficulty and included grasping, object moving, passing and suturing (Simulab Corp). Results: For all tasks, the performance on the daVinci systems showed faster times to completion, regardless of level of subject training. Conclusions: Statistical significance is being determined. We plan to continue this study in order to add power for the next year. Due to the paucity of published data on robotic surgery, especially in the area of resident and student training, small studies such as this are needed to stimulate further investigation, and to determine how robotic training fits into the surgical curriculum of gynecology training programs. |
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