Table 3.
Characteristics of the training process in urgent/emergent minimally-invasive digestive surgery described in the selected studies
|
Variable Reference |
Type(s) of intervention considered | Training process | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of surgical simulators | Training on animal model |
Proctoring / Supervised surgeries (number of procedures) |
Progressive training in surgical complexity | Previous experience in open surgery | ||
| Jaffer et al. [29] | Laparoscopic appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
NR | NR |
| Kim et al. [27] | Laparoscopic and open appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
NR |
✓ > 30 open appendectomies |
| Lin et al. [21] | Laparoscopic appendectomy |
✓ FLS certification; wet lab and simulation for 2–4 years |
NR |
✓ (NR) |
✓ | NR |
| Liao et al. [22] | Laparoscopic single port appendectomy | NR | NR | NR | ✓ | NR |
| Abdelrahman et al. [31] | Laparoscopic and open appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
NR | ✓ |
| Kim et al. [23] | Laparoscopic single port appendectomy | NR | NR | NR | NR | ✓ |
| Mán et al. [24] | Laparoscopic appendectomy |
✓ Training box for 2 weeks |
✓ Live animals for 2 weeks |
✓ (NR) |
✓ | NR |
| Brown et al. [32] | Laparoscopic appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
NR | ✓ |
| Kim et al. [30] | Laparoscopic appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
✓ | ✓ |
| Lee et al. [25] | Laparoscopic single port appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (3) |
✓ | NR |
| Ussia et al. [26] | Laparoscopic appendectomy | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
✓ | NR |
| Angeramo et al. [28] | Various laparoscopic procedures (Lavage and loop ileostomy; resection, redo anastomosis; lavage and drainage; anastomosis takedown; wall repair; bowel repair; adhesiolysis; internal hernia reduction) | NR | NR |
✓ (NR) |
✓ | ✓ |
| Kubat et al. [20] | Robotic single port cholecystectomy | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
NR not reported in the article