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Area of Science:

  • Surgical Technology
  • Surgical Skill Assessment
  • Human Factors in Medicine

Background:

  • Accurate distance estimation is critical for precise surgical maneuvers, particularly in minimally invasive procedures.
  • Robotic surgery platforms offer magnified views but may alter spatial perception.
  • Understanding the impact of visual magnification on surgical performance is essential for training and patient safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of magnification in robotic surgery on surgeons' ability to estimate distances during cystotomy repair.
  • To assess the accuracy of suture placement relative to the incision and between sutures.
  • To determine if surgical experience influences distance estimation during robotic suturing.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty subjects performed external distance estimations to validate baseline measurement ability.
  • Subjects then performed robotic cystotomy repair, placing sutures at predetermined distances (10 mm) from the incision and each other.
  • Post-procedure, bladder specimens were analyzed to measure actual suture placement distances.

Main Results:

  • External suture length estimations (mean 9.6 mm) did not significantly differ from the target 10 mm.
  • In vivo, the mean distance between sutures was 6.5 mm and from the incision was 4.1 mm, both significantly different from the 10 mm goal (p < 0.001).
  • Surgical experience showed a negative association with suture-to-incision distance (rs = -0.53, p = 0.016), with more experienced surgeons demonstrating poorer estimation.

Conclusions:

  • Robotic surgery significantly leads to underestimation of in vivo distances during suture placement.
  • Surgeons' ability to accurately place sutures at desired distances is compromised in the robotic environment.
  • Contrary to expectations, greater surgical experience correlated with worse distance estimation accuracy from the incision to the suture.