The ERUS course on robot-assisted kidney transplantation
Por:
Campi, R, Pecoraro, A, Piramide, F, Gallo, ML, Serni, S, Mottrie, A, Territo, A, Decaestecker, K, Breda, A
Publicada:
30 mar 2024
Resumen:
Purpose 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.Methods 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.Results 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.Conclusion 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.
Filiaciones:
Campi, R:
Careggi Hosp, Unit Urol Robot Surg & Renal Transplantat, Florence, Italy
Univ Florence, Dept Expt & Clin Med, Largo Brambilla 3, I-50134 Florence, Italy
Azienda Osped Univ Careggi, Chirurg Urol Robot Mini Invasiva & Trapianti Rena, Viale San Luca, I-50134 Florence, Italy
Pecoraro, A:
Careggi Hosp, Unit Urol Robot Surg & Renal Transplantat, Florence, Italy
Piramide, F:
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hosp, Dept Urol, Aalst, Belgium
ORSI Acad, Ghent, Belgium
Univ Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hosp, Dept Oncol, Div Urol, Turin, Italy
Gallo, ML:
Careggi Hosp, Unit Urol Robot Surg & Renal Transplantat, Florence, Italy
Serni, S:
Careggi Hosp, Unit Urol Robot Surg & Renal Transplantat, Florence, Italy
Univ Florence, Dept Expt & Clin Med, Largo Brambilla 3, I-50134 Florence, Italy
Mottrie, A:
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hosp, Dept Urol, Aalst, Belgium
ORSI Acad, Ghent, Belgium
Territo, A:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Urol, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
Decaestecker, K:
Ghent Univ Hosp, ERN eUROGEN Accredited Ctr, Dept Urol, Ghent, Belgium
AZ Maria Middelares Hosp, Dept Urol, Ghent, Belgium
Breda, A:
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Urol, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
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