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Objective assessment of endoscopic surgical skills by analyzing direction-dependent dexterity using the Hiroshima University Endoscopic Surgical Assessment Device (HUESAD)

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Abstract

Purpose

We evaluated our system of objectively assessing endoscopic surgical skills.

Methods

We developed the Hiroshima University Endoscopic Surgical Assessment Device (HUESAD), which records the movement of the tip of an endoscopic instrument precisely. The orbits of experienced surgeons (expert group) and those of medical students (novice group) were evaluated by measuring the deviation from the ideal course on horizontal and vertical planes. These data were integrated with the time taken to move the tip of an endoscopic instrument between a distal side pole (A) and a proximal side pole (C) (Task 1), and between a left side pole (D) and a right side pole (B) (Task 2).

Results

The integrated deviation of the expert group was significantly lower than that of the novice group on both the horizontal and vertical planes in Task 1 (P = 0.0004, P = 0.009) and Task 2 (P < 0.0001, P = 0.0002). Thus, the spatial perception of experts was significantly better than that of novices. We also found that the direction of the scope and the movement of the endoscopic instrument were related to difficulties in spatial perception for both experts and novices. HUESAD detected and resolved these differences based on the directions of the scope and movement of the endoscopic instruments.

Conclusions

The HUESAD is a reliable system for assessing a surgeon’s dexterity, based on direction and movement. It helps us to attain a higher degree of accuracy and to create an ideal setting for optimal endoscopic surgery.

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  1. Department of Endoscopic Surgery and Surgical Science, Graduate School of Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hiroyuki Egi, Masazumi Okajima, Masanori Yoshimitsu & Satoshi Ikeda

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Yoshihiro Miyata & Toshimasa Asahara

  3. Department of Artificial Complex Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hirokazu Masugami, Tomohiro Kawahara, Yuichi Kurita & Makoto Kaneko

  4. Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, 1-5-54 Ujina-Kanda, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8530, Japan

    Hiroyuki Egi

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Egi, H., Okajima, M., Yoshimitsu, M. et al. Objective assessment of endoscopic surgical skills by analyzing direction-dependent dexterity using the Hiroshima University Endoscopic Surgical Assessment Device (HUESAD). Surg Today 38, 705–710 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-007-3696-0

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