Robot-assisted groin hernia repair is primarily performed by specialized surgeons: a scoping review.
Education
Femoral: Robot-assisted
Inguinal
Surgeons
Journal
Journal of robotic surgery
ISSN: 1863-2491
Titre abrégé: J Robot Surg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101300401
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
10
04
2022
accepted:
14
06
2022
medline:
7
4
2023
pubmed:
6
7
2022
entrez:
5
7
2022
Statut:
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Résumé
Surgical residents routinely participate in open and laparoscopic groin hernia repairs. The increasing popularity of robot-assisted groin hernia repair could lead to an educational loss for residents. We aimed to explore the involvement of surgical specialists and surgical residents, i.e., non-specialists, in robot-assisted groin hernia repair. The scoping review was reported according to PRISMA-ScR guideline. A protocol was uploaded at Open Science Framework, and a systematic search was conducted in four databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Web of Science. Included studies had to report on robot-assisted groin hernia repairs. Data charting was conducted in duplicate. Of the 67 included studies, 85% of the studies described that the robot-assisted groin hernia repair was performed by a surgical specialist. The rest of the studies had no description of the primary operating surgeon. Only 13% of the included studies reported that a resident attended the robot-assisted groin hernia repair. Thus, robot-assisted groin hernia repair was mainly performed by surgical specialists, and robot-assisted groin hernia repair therefore seems to be underutilized to educate surgical residents.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35788971
doi: 10.1007/s11701-022-01440-7
pii: 10.1007/s11701-022-01440-7
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Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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