Learning Curves in Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: A Different Experience for Each Generation
- Conditions
- Surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT05595343
- Lead Sponsor
- Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero
- Brief Summary
This study compared the learning curves and outcome of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy between 'pioneers' and early adopters in terms of feasibility and proficiency using short term outcomes.
- Detailed Description
Learning curves of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) are mostly based on 'pioneering' surgeons who acquired sufficient proficiency largely through self-teaching. No learning curves have been investigated for early adopting surgeons who performed surgery in later stages of the IDEAL framework and build on the experience of the 'pioneering' surgeons. This study compared the learning curves and outcome of LDP between 'pioneers' and early adopters in terms of feasibility and proficiency using short term outcomes over a period from 1997-2019.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
- The collected data included the name of the surgeon so inclusion criteria for participating surgeons could be determined. Surgeons who were experienced with a minimum of 40 LDPs in total with at least 10 LDPs per year and who performed their LDPs in the same institution (i.e. no outside institutions) were included.
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility learning curve 1997-2019 Feasibility learning curves are based on operation time
Proficiency learning curve 1997-2019 Proficiency learning curves are based on major complications
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method