Collaborative TeleMentoring program: assessing the impact of telementorship with the Da Vinci robot on surgical training

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery; Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract; rological cancer surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN07184399
• Lead Sponsor: Intuitive Surgical Inc. (USA)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01-24
• Last Update Posted: 19 December 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 280

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female aged =18 years
2. Able to provide written informed consent
3. Diagnosis of urological cancer amenable to curative surgery

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age <18
2. Inability to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Operation time, broken down into defined stages - these will be measured at the time of the operation and recorded.<br>2. Effect of CTM on learning curve defined outcomes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Positive surgical margin rates. - these will be recorded within 3 months from histology<br>2. Lymph Node (LN) yields.- these will be recorded within 3 months from histology<br>3. Functional outcomes (continence and erectile dysfunction rates). Will be measured at 3, 6 and 12 months.<br>4. Blood loss - will be recorded at time of the operation.<br>5. Complication rates using Clavien classification - will be recorded at 30 days and 90 days<br>6. Conversion rates: conversion to open surgery (as an indicator of technical difficulty). Conversion is defined as the need to use a laparotomy wound for any reason other than specimen retrieval - will be recorded at time of surgery.<br>7. Cost analysis of reduced learning curves - these results will come from the analysis of the times taken to complete the operations.