Does practice make perfect? Laparoscopic training mainly improves motion efficiency : a prospective trial

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Training improves skills in minimally invasive surgery. This study aimed to investigate the learning curves of complex motion parameters for both hands during a standardized training course using a novel measurement tool. An additional focus was placed on the parameters representing surgical safety and precision. Fifty-six laparoscopic novices participated in a training course on the basic skills of minimally invasive surgery based on a modified Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) curriculum. Before, twice during, and once after the practical lessons, all participants had to perform four laparoscopic tasks (peg transfer, precision cut, balloon resection, and laparoscopic suture and knot), which were recorded and analyzed using an instrument motion analysis system. Participants significantly improved the time per task for all four tasks (all p < 0.001). The individual instrument path length decreased significantly for the dominant and non-dominant hands in all four tasks. Similarly, both hands became significantly faster in all tasks, with the exception of the non-dominant hand in the precision cut task. In terms of relative idle time, only in the peg transfer task did both hands improve significantly, while in the precision cut task, only the dominant hand performed better. In contrast, the motion volume of both hands combined was reduced in only one task (precision cut, p = 0.01), whereas no significant improvement in the relative time of instruments being out of view was observed. FLS-based skills training increases motion efficiency primarily by increasing speed and reducing idle time and path length. Parameters relevant for surgical safety and precision (motion volume and relative time of instruments being out of view) are minimally affected by short-term training. Consequently, surgical training should also focus on safety and precision-related parameters, and assessment of these parameters should be incorporated into basic skill training accordingly.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Updates in surgery - 75(2023), 5 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 1103-1115

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

von Bechtolsheim, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Petzsch, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Alfred [VerfasserIn]
Bodenstedt, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Funke, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Speidel, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Radulova-Mauersberger, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Distler, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Weitz, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Mees, Soeren Torge [VerfasserIn]
Oehme, Florian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Individual hands
Journal Article
Laparoscopic motion analysis
Laparoscopic skill analysis
Learning curve
Proficiency-based learning

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Date Completed 21.07.2023

Date Revised 24.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s13304-023-01511-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35663776X