• Gastrointest. Endosc. · Jul 2014

    Clinical Trial

    Simulated transanal NOTES sigmoidectomy training improves the responsiveness of surgical endoscopists.

    • Jonathan M Buscaglia, Joshua Karas, Nicholas Palladino, Jordan Fakhoury, Paula I Denoya, Satish Nagula, Juan Carlos Bucobo, Muath Bishawi, and Roberto Bergamaschi.
    • Division of Gastroenterology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
    • Gastrointest. Endosc. 2014 Jul 1;80(1):126-32.

    BackgroundThere is no evidence demonstrating the feasibility of colorectal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) resection with currently available endoscopic instrumentation.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the responsiveness of surgical endoscopists to simulated transanal NOTES sigmoidectomy training.DesignParticipants were trained in simulated NOTES sigmoidectomy by using disposable abdominal trays with tattooed sigmoid cancer in a hybrid simulator.SettingEndoscopy simulation laboratory in a university hospital.InterventionsNOTES sigmoidectomy included 8 steps performed transanally with 2 colonoscopes, endoscopic scissors, and clip applier: (1) colonoscopic viscerotomy with a balloon; (2) retroperitoneal dissection; (3) left ureter identification, inferior mesenteric vessels division; (4) colonoscopy; (5) splenic flexure mobilization; (6) left side of the colon/rectal mobilization; (7) transanal specimen transection; (8) extracorporeal colorectal anastomosis.Main Outcome MeasurementsResponsiveness was defined as a change in performance over time and assessed comparing baseline testing with unmentored final testing. Content-valid measures included the length of the specimen, the distance of the anastomosis from the anal verge, and the proximal and distal resection margins and operating time (minutes).ResultsFour participants performed 21 resections. Tumor distance from the anal verge was 29.2 cm (range 26-2.5 cm). Operating time overall (127.5 vs 74 minutes, P = .068), viscerotomy (17.5 vs 9 minutes, P = .197), colonoscopy (4.5 vs 3.5 minutes, P = .655), flexure mobilization (19.5 vs 10 minutes, P = .144), colon mobilization (20 vs 14.5 minutes, P = .461), specimen extraction (9.5 vs 8.5 minutes, P = .465), and anastomosis (14 vs 11 minutes, P = .715) times improved.LimitationsCeiling effects because of fixed anatomy.ConclusionsSimulated NOTES sigmoidectomy training affected responsiveness of surgical endoscopists with a 42% reduction in operating time.Copyright © 2014 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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