Starting a Robotic Abdominal Wall Surgery Programme in Europe

Douissard, Jonathan; Toso, Christian; Hagen, Monika

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53594-0_90

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“…It is important to educate the OR team and indeed hospital management that the benefits of the robotic approach benefits patients even in the early part of the learning curve. This was also stressed by (20). Indeed, for most surgeons reaching experience with 20 robotic TAR operations will take a period of 12 months or more considering the frequency of indications for TAR.…”

Section: Posterior Component Separation: Robotic Tarmentioning

confidence: 99%

Description of the Current Da Vinci® Training Pathway for Robotic Abdominal Wall Surgery by the European Hernia Society

Vierstraete¹,

Simons²,

Borch³

et al. 2022

J. Abdom. Wall Surg.

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Background: Robot assisted laparoscopic abdominal wall surgery (RAWS) has seen a rapid adoption in recent years. The safe introduction of the robot platform in the treatment of abdominal wall hernias is important to safeguard the patient from harm during the learning curve. The scope of this paper is to describe the current European training curriculum in RAWS.Methods and Analysis: The pathway to competence in RAWS will depend on the robot platform, experience in other abdominal procedures (novice to expert) and experience in the abdominal wall repair techniques. An overview of the learning curve effect in the initial case series of several early adopters in RAWS was reviewed. In European centres, current training for surgeons wanting to adopt RAWS is managed by the specific technology-based training organized by the company providing the robot. It consists of four phases where phases I and II are preclinical, while phases III and IV focus on the introduction of the robotic platform into surgical practice.Conclusion: On behalf of the Robotic Surgery Task Force of the European Hernia Society (EHS) we believe that the EHS should play an important role in the clinical phases III and IV training. Courses organized in collaboration with the robot provider on relevant surgical anatomy of the abdominal wall and procedural steps in complex abdominal wall reconstruction like transversus abdominis release are essential. Whereas the robot provider should be responsible for the preclinical phases I and II to gain familiarity in the specific robot platform.

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Section: Posterior Component Separation: Robotic Tarmentioning

confidence: 99%