Current practice and unmet training needs in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: investigation from the Junior ERUS/YAU working group.

Prostate cancer Robotic radical prostatectomy Robotic surgery fellowship Robotic surgery training

Journal

World journal of urology
ISSN: 1433-8726
Titre abrégé: World J Urol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8307716

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 26 05 2023
accepted: 17 08 2023
medline: 28 1 2024
pubmed: 28 1 2024
entrez: 27 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

To access the current scenario of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy training in multiple centers worldwide. We created a multiple-choice questionnaire assessing all details of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy training with 41 questions divided into three different categories (responder demography, surgical steps, and responder experience). The questionnaire was created and disseminated using the "Google Docs" platform. All responders had an individual invitation by direct message or Email. We selected urologists who had recently finished a postgraduation urologic robotic surgery training (fellowship) in the last five years. We sent 624 invitations to urologists from 138 centers, from January 10th to April 10th, 2022. The answers were reported as percentages and illustrated in pie charts. The response rate was 58% among all centers invited (138/81), 20% among all individual invitations (122/624 answers). Globally, we gathered responses from 23 countries. Most surgeons were older than 34 years, 71% trained in an academic center, and 64% performed less than ten full RARP cases. Transperitoneal is the most common access, and 63% routinely opens the endopelvic fascia. Almost 90% perform the Rocco's stitch, and 94% perform the anastomosis with barbed sutures. Finally, only 31% of surgeons assisted more than 100 cases before moving to the console, and most surgeons (63.9%) performed less than ten full RARP cases during their training. By assessing the robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy training status in 23 countries and 81 centers worldwide, we assessed the trainees' demography, step-by-step surgical technique, training perspectives, and impressions of surgeons who trained in the last five years. This data is crucial for a better understanding the trainee's standpoint, addressing potential deficiencies, and implementing improvements needed in the training process. Our study clearly indicates elements of current training modalities that are prone to major improvement.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38279975
doi: 10.1007/s00345-023-04713-4
pii: 10.1007/s00345-023-04713-4
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

59

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Marcio Covas Moschovas (MC)

AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, 380 Celebration Pl Suite 401, Celebration, FL, 34747, USA. Marcio.doc@hotmail.com.
University of Central Florida (UCF), Florida, USA. Marcio.doc@hotmail.com.
ORSI Academy, Ghent, Belgium. Marcio.doc@hotmail.com.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Marcio.doc@hotmail.com.

Carlo Andrea Bravi (CA)

Department of Urology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Paolo Dell'Oglio (P)

ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Filippo Turri (F)

ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo - La Statale University, Milan, Italy.

Ruben de Groote (R)

Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
ORSI Academy, Ghent, Belgium.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Nikolaos Liakos (N)

University of Freiburg Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Mike Wenzel (M)

University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Christoph Würnschimmel (C)

Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Fabrizio Di Maida (F)

University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Federico Piramide (F)

University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Turin, Italy.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Iulia Andras (I)

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca-Napoca, Romania.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Alberto Breda (A)

Autonoma University of Barcelona at Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Alexandre Mottrie (A)

Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
ORSI Academy, Ghent, Belgium.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Vipul Patel (V)

AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, 380 Celebration Pl Suite 401, Celebration, FL, 34747, USA.
University of Central Florida (UCF), Florida, USA.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Alessandro Larcher (A)

San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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