Surgeons trained on the dVSS tubes task were significantly faster at creating vesicourethral anastomosis than untrained controls, with no other differences¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a non-randomized trial of six certified robotic urologists without RARP experience, the intervention group trained on the dVSS tubes task was significantly faster than controls at creating the vesicourethral anastomosis, with no other differences between groups. → Schmidt MW 2021

Evidence¶

Schmidt MW 2021¶

Schmidt MW, Köppinger KF, Fan C, Kowalewski K-F, Schmidt LP, Vey J, Proctor T, Probst P, Bintintan VV, Müller-Stich B-P, Nickel F. (2021). Virtual reality simulation in robot-assisted surgery: meta-analysis of skill transfer and predictability of skill. BJS Open. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa066

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Non-randomized controlled trial (Table 3) with six certified robotic urologists, each group assessed on nine patients; the intervention group completed baseline dVSS training and 20 repetitions of the tubes task before robotic vesicourethral anastomosis as part of RARP. The article reports "IG significantly faster than CG at creating anastomosis".

"IG significantly faster than CG at creating anastomosis; no other differences between IG and CG"

Discussion¶

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