NCT04989881

Comparison of Dry-lab Laparoscopic Training and Robotic Virtual Simulator

Comparison of Dry-lab Laparoscopic Training and Robotic Virtual Simulator Training to Develop Basic Laparoscopic Skills: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of dry-lab laparoscopic training and robotic simulator training among medical students without any prior laparoscopic experience.

Detailed description

This study will be a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Swiss Foundation For Innovation And Training In Surgery (SFITS), which is part of the Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland. Recruitment of a sample of 100 medical students with no prior experience in laparoscopic surgery will be performed. The participants will be randomized in 2 groups (50 participants in each group). The study group will undergo a single session of training using a standard, dry-lab laparoscopic box. The control group will undergo a single session of training using the da Vinci Skills Simulator. Post-training surgical skills for both groups will be measured using exercises from the FLS manual skills assessment. The overall performance on the FLS test will be compared between the two groups .

Conditions

• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	da Vinci Simulator	Single training session
DEVICE	Laparascopic training box	Single training session

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-15
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2021-08-04
• Last updated: 2024-05-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland