Presented by: Athanasios Vagionis MD, MSc
University of Patras

Introduction

To compare the laparoscopic and Avatera robotic system learning curves when medical students and urology residents perform basic urological laparoscopic.

Materials

 Four groups were made from a pool of two final year medical students and six urology residents, in different years of residency depending on their experience in laparoscopy. Each group was trained for a two-hour period of dry lab training on the Avatera® robotic system and a two-hour period on the laparoscopic dry lab. Then the participants were tested in four basic laparoscopic skills as they are described by the European Association of Urology for the European training in basic urological laparoscopic skills (E-BLUS). The pre-training and post-training completion duration of each modality were evaluated.

Results

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Every participant performed successfully the four-hour multimodal training scheme using both the Avatera robotic system and the laparoscopic instruments. The post-training completion duration was shorter in every modality and in both laparoscopic and robotic exercises. Furthermore, exercise duration reduction in every exercise using Avatera Robotic System was greater in comparison to the duration reduction using laparoscopic instruments.

Conclusion

The study showed that every participant achieved a greater reduction of the time needed to accomplish the basic urological laparoscopic skills using the Avatera Robotic System compared to the time reduction in the laparoscopic dry lab training set.

Funding

This study was conducted with no funding.

Co-Authors

Angelis Peteinaris, MD, MSc
University of Patras

Vasileios Tatanis, MD, PHD
University of Patras

Solon Faitatziadis, MD, MSc
University of Patras

Kristiana Gkeka, MD, MSc
University of Patras

Eirini Anaplioti, MD, MSc
University of Patras

Panagiotis Kallidonis,
University of Patras

Evangelos Liatsikos, MD, PhD
University of Patras