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Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum
Published on: May 20, 2018
The Innovation of an Expert-Guided Emergency Re-Sternotomy Cart: A Narrative Review
Devin O'Brien1, Abigail White1, Sydney Jensen-Holubowich1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Background:
Emergency re-sternotomy after cardiac surgery is a rare but high-stakes event that requires rapid, organized intervention, yet standardized cart designs to facilitate this process are lacking.
Methods:
A simplified, numerically organized emergency re-sternotomy cart was developed on the basis of multidisciplinary stakeholder input and evaluated through simulation comparing it with the existing cart design.
Results:
Simulation results demonstrated improved user satisfaction and a reduction in time to sternal retractor placement-from 280 seconds with the original cart to 57 seconds with the new cart.
Conclusions:
This user-friendly and cost-effective emergency re-sternotomy cart design offers a reproducible framework that may enhance efficiency and promote national standardization for emergency re-sternotomies.
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