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The development of visuospatial abilities and their impact on laparoscopic skill acquisition: a clinical longitudinal study

Surgical endoscopy, 2022-12, Vol.36 (12), p.8908-8917 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    The development of visuospatial abilities and their impact on laparoscopic skill acquisition: a clinical longitudinal study
  • Author: Vajsbaher, Tina ; Schultheis, Holger ; Janssen, Sonja ; Weyhe, Dirk ; Bektas, Hüseyin ; Uslar, Verena ; Francis, Nader
  • Subjects: Abdominal Surgery ; Clinical Competence ; Cognition & reasoning ; Cohort analysis ; Endoscopy ; Gastroenterology ; Gender ; Gynecology ; Health sciences ; Hepatology ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Internship and Residency ; Laparoscopy ; Laparoscopy - methods ; Longitudinal Studies ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Proctology ; Quantitative psychology ; Skills ; Spatial Navigation ; Surgery
  • Is Part Of: Surgical endoscopy, 2022-12, Vol.36 (12), p.8908-8917
  • Description: Objectives To investigate how visuospatial abilities develop and influence intraoperative laparoscopic performance during surgical residency training programmes. Background Laparoscopic surgery is a challenging technique to acquire and master. Visuospatial ability is an important attribute but most prior research have predominantly explored the influence of visuospatial abilities in lab-based settings and/or among inexperienced surgeons. Little is known about the impact of visuospatial profiles on actual laparoscopic performance and its role in shaping competency. Method A longitudinal observational cohort study using a pair-matched design over 27 months. At baseline, visuospatial profiles of 43 laparoscopic surgeons of all expertise levels and 19 control subjects were compared. The development of visuospatial abilities and their association with intraoperative performance of 18 residency surgeons were monitored during the course of their laparoscopic training. Results Laparoscopic surgeons significantly outperformed the control group on the measure of spatial visualisation ( U  = 273.0, p  = 0.03, η2 = 0.3). Spatial visualisation was found to be a significant predictor of laparoscopic expertise (R 2  = 0.70, F (1.60) = 6.788, p  = 0.01) and improved with laparoscopic training (B = 4.01, SE  = 1.83, p  = 0.02, 95% CI [0.40, 7.63]). From month 6 to 18, a strong positive correlation between spatial visualisation and intraoperative depth perception ( r  = 0.67, p  < 0.01), bimanual dexterity ( r  = 0.60, p  < 0.01), autonomy ( r  = 0.78, p  < 0.01) and the total score ( r  = 0.70, p  < 0.01) were observed but a strong relationship remained only with autonomy ( r  = 0.89, p  < 0.01) and total score ( r  = 0.80, p  < 0.01) at 18 months. Conclusion In this longitudinal cohort study, visuospatial abilities associate with laparoscopic skills and improve with training. Spatial visualisation may be characteristic of laparoscopic expertise as it has clear association with competency development during laparoscopy residency training programme.
  • Publisher: New York: Springer US
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0930-2794
    EISSN: 1432-2218
    DOI: 10.1007/s00464-022-09328-1
    PMID: 35641701
  • Source: Springer Open Access
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