The ERUS course on robot-assisted kidney transplantation.

Course Kidney transplantation Robotics Simulation 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:
30 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 18 11 2023
accepted: 16 01 2024
medline: 30 3 2024
pubmed: 30 3 2024
entrez: 30 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) is being increasingly performed at selected referral institutions worldwide. Yet, surgical training in RAKT is still unstructured and not grounded into formal credentialing courses including simulation, lab facilities, and modular training with animal models. As such, developing standardized, modular training programs is warranted to provide surgeons with the RAKT-specific skillset needed for a "safe" learning curve. The 3-day course on RAKT developed at the EAU Skills Center in Orsi Academy was designed as a standardized, modular, step-by-step approach aiming to provide theoretical and practical skills. The course is held by expert proctors with extensive experience in RAKT. To maximize the course's usefulness, a solid knowledge of robotics and transplantation is desirable for participants. From January 2016 to July 2023, 87 surgeons from 23 countries (of which 36% from extra-European countries) participated in the RAKT course performed at the EAU Skills Center in Orsi Academy. Of these, 58/87 (67%) were urologists, while 27/87 (31%) were general surgeons and 2/87 (2%) were vascular surgeons. To date, 18 participants (20.6%) are actively involved in RAKT programs at institutions included in the European Association of Urology (EAU) Robotic Urology Section (ERUS)-RAKT network. Leveraging the potential of simulation, wet-lab training, live porcine models, and experienced proctors, the RAKT course performed at the EAU Skills Center in Orsi Academy represents the first structured teaching effort aiming to offer surgeons a full immersion in RAKT to train the core technical skills.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38554210
doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-04802-y
pii: 10.1007/s00345-024-04802-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

205

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Riccardo Campi (R)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. riccardo.campi@gmail.com.
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla, 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. riccardo.campi@gmail.com.
Chirurgia Urologica Robotica Mini-Invasiva e dei Trapianti Renali, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Viale San Luca, 50134, Florence, Italy. riccardo.campi@gmail.com.

Alessio Pecoraro (A)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Federico Piramide (F)

Departement of Urology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
ORSI Academy, Ghent, Belgium.
Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Maria Lucia Gallo (ML)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Sergio Serni (S)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla, 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

Alex Mottrie (A)

Departement of Urology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
ORSI Academy, Ghent, Belgium.

Angelo Territo (A)

Department of Urology, Fundaciò Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Karel Decaestecker (K)

Department of Urology, ERN eUROGEN Accredited Centre, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Urology, AZ Maria Middelares Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Alberto Breda (A)

Department of Urology, Fundaciò Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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