Liakos, Nikolaos and Janssen, Martin and Moritz, Rudolf and Kayaci-Guener, Oezlem and Bruendl, Johannes and Oezkan, Arif and Ubrig, Burkhard and Siemer, Stefan and Gratzke, Christian and Wagner, Christian (2025) European basic laparoscopic urological skills: a feasibility study in a setting for robot-assisted surgery. FRONTIERS IN SURGERY, 12: 1566840. ISSN 2296-875X,
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Introduction Since the introduction of laparoscopy, a variety of training sets and tasks have been introduced for surgical education of minimally-invasive surgery. The implementation of the European Basic Laparoscopic Urological Skills into the training and education program of future laparoscopic surgeons created a new era and provided a standardized approach for urological surgical training. However, these tasks have not yet been evaluated in a setting of robot-assisted surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the implementation of the four E-BLUS tasks into training modules of robot-assisted surgery.Methods A cohort of 31 robotic surgeons (group A: experienced, group B: novices) performed these tasks in two different institutions by using the latest generation of robotic surgical platforms. Time performance and failure rate were assessed and statistically analyzed.Results The groups demonstrated a statistically significant difference regarding time performance in half of the tasks involving fine surgical skills (cutting and knotting, p = 0.01 and p = 0.02, respectively) but no significant difference in tasks involving manual ambidexterity (p = 0.14 and 0.12, respectively). A low failure rate during the attempts of the group of novice robotic surgeons could be observed.Discussion The use of the E-BLUS tasks in a training setting of robot-assisted surgery is feasible and can lead to the development of surgical skills needed during robot-assisted surgical procedures. It is a relatively low-cost dry lab option for the introduction of novice robotic surgeons.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SIMULATION; PROGRAM; E-BLUS; robotics; simulation; surgical education; robotic training |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Urologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2026 06:41 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2026 06:41 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/67442 |
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