SynthesisJournal of robotic surgery2023
The current status of robotic colorectal surgery training programmes.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Technology-enhanced training in basic robotic surgical skills: a systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating safety and quality of robotic-assisted gastric cancer surgery: meta-analysis and meta-regression.BJS open · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic surgery governance structures: a systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Training and assessment for colorectal surgery and appendicectomy- a systematic review.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2024Pooled it
- European Society of Coloproctology guideline on training in robotic colorectal surgery (2024).Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2024Guideline
- Robotic adhesiolysis: current evidence, technical considerations, and future directions.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Effectiveness and feasibility of short-course simulator training for robotic surgery novices - a randomized controlled trial (FastSim trial).Innovative surgical sciences · 2026Article
- Global Evolution of Robotic Colorectal Surgery: Lessons from Hong Kong's Innovation and Implementation.Cancers · 2026Review
- Does training on robotic virtual reality simulators improve the post-training robotic surgical skills of surgeons? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2026Article
- "K" EY rules to improve learning skills in forth arm robotic platform.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2026Article
- Development of a platform-specific objective assessment tool for the accreditation of robotic setup and docking.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Immersive robotic colorectal training in the United Kingdom is safe and efficient.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2025Article
- Postoperative complication rates of surgeons during the supervised training program in robotic-assisted colorectal surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- The evolution of training in robotic colorectal surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Training the trainees in robotic surgery - a pilot scheme in the United Kingdom.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- ACPGBI position statement on robotic-assisted colorectal surgical training.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025Article
- Scaling robotic surgery: the role, responsibilities and challenges of robotic proctorship in colorectal surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Concurrent robotic colorectal surgical oncology training within a structured mentored international fellowship program.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Association of Upper GI Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS) Delphi consensus recommendations on the adoption of robotic upper GI surgery.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Article
- Development and evaluation of a societal core robotic surgery accreditation curriculum for the UK.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Robotic-assisted colorectal surgery (RACS) is steadily increasing in popularity with an annual growth in the number of colorectal procedures undertaken robotically. Further upscaling of RACS requires structured and standardised robotic training to safeguard high-quality clinical outcomes. The aims of this systematic review were to assess the structure and assessment metrics of currently established RACS training programmes. A systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines was performed. Searches were performed of the Ovid Medline, Embase and Web of Science databases between 2000 and 27th November 2021 to identify studies reporting on training curricula in RACS. Core components of training programmes and their relevant outcome assessment metrics were extracted. Thirteen studies were identified, with all training programmes designed for the da Vinci platform (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA). Common elements of multimodal programmes included theoretical knowledge (76.9%), case observation (53.8%), simulation (100%) and proctored training (76.9%). Robotic skills acquisition was assessed primarily during the simulation phase (n = 4, 30.1%) and proctoring phase (n = 10, 76.9%). Performance metrics, consisting of time or assessment scores for VR simulation were only mandated in four (30.1%) studies. Objective assessment following proctored training was variably reported and employed a range of assessment metrics, including direct feedback (n = 3, 23.1%) or video feedback (n = 8, 61.5%). Five (38.4%) training programmes used the Global Assessment Score (GAS) forms. There is a broad consensus on the core multimodal components across current RACS training programmes; however, validated objective assessment is limited and needs to be appropriately standardised to ensure reproducible progression criteria and competency-based metrics are produced to robustly assess progression and competence.
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