The Initial Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Surgeon’s Experience While Introducing the Robotic Technology ina Bariatric Surgery Department
Joint Authors
Gonzalez, Oscar
Caubet, Enric
Fort, José Manuel
Boleko, Angeles
Neff, Karl John
Vilallonga, Ramon
Armengol, Manel
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
Robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy has the potential to treat patients with obesity and its comorbidities.
To evaluate the learning curve for this procedure before undergoing Roux en-Y gastric bypass is the objective of this paper.
Materials and Methods.
Robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy was attempted in 32 consecutive patients.
A survey was performed in order to identify performance variables during completion of the learning curve.
Total operative time (OT), docking time (DT), complications, and length of hospital stay were compared among patients divided into two cohorts according to the surgical experience.
Scattergrams and continuous curves were plotted to develop a robotic sleeve gastrectomy learning curve.
Results.
Overall OT time decreased from 89.8 minutes in cohort 1 to 70.1 minutes in cohort 2, with less than 5% change in OT after case 19.
Time from incision to docking decreased from 9.5 minutes in cohort 1 to 7.6 minutes in cohort 2.
The time required to dock the robotic system also decreased.
The complication rate was the same in the two cohorts.
Conclusion.
Our survey indicates that technique and outcomes for robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy gradually improve with experience.
We found that the learning curve for performing a sleeve gastrectomy using the da Vinci system is completed after about 20 cases.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Vilallonga, Ramon& Fort, José Manuel& Gonzalez, Oscar& Caubet, Enric& Boleko, Angeles& Neff, Karl John…[et al.]. 2012. The Initial Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Surgeon’s Experience While Introducing the Robotic Technology ina Bariatric Surgery Department. Minimally Invasive Surgery،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Vilallonga, Ramon…[et al.]. The Initial Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Surgeon’s Experience While Introducing the Robotic Technology ina Bariatric Surgery Department. Minimally Invasive Surgery No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Vilallonga, Ramon& Fort, José Manuel& Gonzalez, Oscar& Caubet, Enric& Boleko, Angeles& Neff, Karl John…[et al.]. The Initial Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Surgeon’s Experience While Introducing the Robotic Technology ina Bariatric Surgery Department. Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1029465
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1029465