Collaborative international partnership: Enabling the development of a state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgical center in rural Uganda through telementoring.
global surgery
laparoscopic surgery
rural surgery
telemedicine
telementoring
Journal
World journal of surgery
ISSN: 1432-2323
Titre abrégé: World J Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7704052
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 May 2024
30 May 2024
Historique:
received:
08
12
2023
accepted:
08
04
2024
medline:
30
5
2024
pubmed:
30
5
2024
entrez:
30
5
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Access to minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is limited in Sub-Saharan African countries. In 2019, the Mount Sinai Department of Surgery in New York collaborated with local Ugandans to construct the Kyabirwa Surgical Center (KSC), an independent, replicable, self-sustaining ambulatory surgical center in Uganda. We developed a focused MIS training program using a combination of in-person training and supervised telementoring. We present the results of our initial MIS telementoring experience. We worked jointly with Ugandan staff to construct the KSC in the rural province of Jinja. A solar-powered backup battery system ensured continuous power availability. Underground fiber optic cables were installed to provide stable high-speed Internet. The local Ugandan general surgeon (JOD) underwent a mini-fellowship in MIS and then trained extensively using the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery program. After a weeklong in-person session to train the Ugandan OR team, JOD performed laparoscopic cases with telementoring, which was conducted remotely by surgeons in New York via audiovisual feeds from the KSC OR. From October 2021 to February 2024, JOD performed 61 telementored laparoscopic operations at KSC including 37 appendectomies and 24 cholecystectomies. Feedback was provided regarding patient positioning, port placement, surgical technique, instrument use, and critical steps of the operation. There were no intra-operative complications. Postoperatively, field medical workers visited patients at home to collect follow-up information. Two superficial wound infections (3.3%) were reported in the short-term follow-up. Telementoring can be safely implemented to assist surgeons in previously underserved areas to provide advanced laparoscopic surgical care to the local patient population.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Access to minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is limited in Sub-Saharan African countries. In 2019, the Mount Sinai Department of Surgery in New York collaborated with local Ugandans to construct the Kyabirwa Surgical Center (KSC), an independent, replicable, self-sustaining ambulatory surgical center in Uganda. We developed a focused MIS training program using a combination of in-person training and supervised telementoring. We present the results of our initial MIS telementoring experience.
METHODS
METHODS
We worked jointly with Ugandan staff to construct the KSC in the rural province of Jinja. A solar-powered backup battery system ensured continuous power availability. Underground fiber optic cables were installed to provide stable high-speed Internet. The local Ugandan general surgeon (JOD) underwent a mini-fellowship in MIS and then trained extensively using the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery program. After a weeklong in-person session to train the Ugandan OR team, JOD performed laparoscopic cases with telementoring, which was conducted remotely by surgeons in New York via audiovisual feeds from the KSC OR.
RESULTS
RESULTS
From October 2021 to February 2024, JOD performed 61 telementored laparoscopic operations at KSC including 37 appendectomies and 24 cholecystectomies. Feedback was provided regarding patient positioning, port placement, surgical technique, instrument use, and critical steps of the operation. There were no intra-operative complications. Postoperatively, field medical workers visited patients at home to collect follow-up information. Two superficial wound infections (3.3%) were reported in the short-term follow-up.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Telementoring can be safely implemented to assist surgeons in previously underserved areas to provide advanced laparoscopic surgical care to the local patient population.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024 International Society of Surgery/Société Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC).
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