Ergonomics in Robotic Surgery

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal Strain

Treatments: Other: Ergonomist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03096769

16-009275

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to answer if an ergonomist can configure a daVinci robot console to improve surgeon discomfort. Adjustments to the robot console will be surgeon specific as they are tailored to their individual body type. Measurements will be taken at the time of console configuration.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fellowship trained, specialty board certified gynecologic surgeon.
• Robot used for hysterectomy until completion of vaginal cuff closure.

Exclusion criteria

• Any non-robotic method to perform hysterectomy (laparotomy, non-robotic laparoscopic, vaginal approach).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Study Arm

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Ergonomist