Journal
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
Volume 35, Issue 8, Pages 4399-4416Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-020-07940-7
Keywords
Laparoscopic surgery; Simulation training; Motion capture; Surgical education
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Funding
- JSPS [JP18H04102, JP17K08897]
- KEIRIN [2018M-156]
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The study aimed to characterize the motions of laparoscopic surgical instruments among participants with different levels of surgical experience in a wet-lab training setting. Results showed that applying a Hem-o-lok clip strongly reflected the level of surgical experience, and zone-metrics may be a promising tool to assess surgical expertise. The findings suggest that motion capture systems can help objectively evaluate surgical skills and provide feedback to trainees in real-time.
Background Our aim was to characterize the motions of multiple laparoscopic surgical instruments among participants with different levels of surgical experience in a series of wet-lab training drills, in which participants need to perform a range of surgical procedures including grasping tissue, tissue traction and dissection, applying a Hem-o-lok clip, and suturing/knotting, and digitize the level of surgical competency. Methods Participants performed tissue dissection around the aorta, dividing encountered vessels after applying a Hem-o-lok (Task 1), and renal parenchymal closure (Task 2: suturing, Task 3: suturing and knot-tying), using swine cadaveric organs placed in a box trainer under a motion capture (Mocap) system. Motion-related metrics were compared according to participants' level of surgical experience (experts: 50 <= laparoscopic surgeries, intermediates: 10-49, novices: 0-9), using the Kruskal-Wallis test, and significant metrics were subjected to principal component analysis (PCA). Results A total of 15 experts, 12 intermediates, and 18 novices participated in the training. In Task 1, a shorter path length and faster velocity/acceleration/jerk were observed using both scissors and a Hem-o-lok applier in the experts, and Hem-o-lok-related metrics markedly contributed to the 1st principal component on PCA analysis, followed by scissors-related metrics. Higher-level skills including a shorter path length and faster velocity were observed in both hands of the experts also in tasks 2 and 3. Sub-analysis showed that, in experts with 100 <= cases, scissors moved more frequently in the close zone (0 <= to < 2.0 cm from aorta) than those with 50-99 cases. Conclusion Our novel Mocap system recognized significant differences in several metrics in multiple instruments according to the level of surgical experience. Applying a Hem-o-lok clip on a pedicle strongly reflected the level of surgical experience, and zone-metrics may be a promising tool to assess surgical expertise. Our next challenge is to give completely objective feedback to trainees on-site in the wet-lab.
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