Preoperative Warm-up in Gynecologic Surgery

Medical University of Vienna

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Gynecologic Disorders

Treatments: Other: Preoperative Warm-Up training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01712607

Warm-Up-1.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background and Objectives: All modern surgical procedures require a high level of cognitive and psychomotor skills achieved using different training methods, but could be influenced by fatigue and other psychological factors. We evaluate the effect of warm-up exercises on operative laparoscopic performances in gynecologic laparoscopic procedures.

Methods: The surgical team operates on a consecutive series of 20 patients and perform laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy. Patients are randomly allocated in 2 groups: group A to be operated on without warm-up exercises and group B to be operated on after a short-term warm-up. All patients are operated on by the same surgical team. The full-time records of the operation were analyzed by 2 independent reviewers. Laparoscopic procedures are recorded and assessed by 2 independent observers using the generic OSATS rating scale. A training module using the Lap Sim simulator was designed for the warm-up.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• residents or faculty at the Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• completed skills training

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Warm-Up

Experimental group

Description:

Surgery after warm-up task Preoperative Warm-Up training

Treatment:

Other: Preoperative Warm-Up training

No Warm-up

No Intervention group

Description:

Surgery without warm-up exercise