Experimental Model for Interlaminar Endoscopic Spine Procedures

Amato, Marcelo Campos Moraes; Aprile, Bruno César; Oliveira, Cézar Augusto de; Carneiro, Vinícius Marques; Oliveira, Ricardo Santos de

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.199

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“…This conveyed an vital message to organizations and manufactures who are dedicated to promote the technique and help the less-experienced surgeons. Even though cadavers are not always available especially for some regions, it is joyful to see some innovative alternative training program has been come up by peers [23][24]. This trend is in line with the survey and it should be continually pushed forward to make our efforts comes in.…”

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Education for Being A Spine Endoscopic Surgeon: What Matters?

Xie

Zhou

Wang

et al. 2022

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Objectives Spine endoscopic surgery has been promoted rapidly in the past decade attracting more and more spine surgeons of young generations to be dedicated in. However, it has long been denounced of its long learning curve as a factor to impede the state-of-the-art technique to continually develop. Current study is aimed to dig out what vitally matters in the educational process for being a spine endoscopic surgeon. Methods The online survey consisted of fourteen compulsory questions and was distributed in April and May 2022 through the First Chinese Spinal Endoscopic Surgeons Skills Competition. Reminders were sent to improve the response rate. Results We received 637 responses out of 2893 emails which had been sent out. 375 surgeons (76.7%) most frequently used endoscopic technique in their practices. Regardless of their different background, 284 of them (75.7%) thought it would be necessary for a young spine endoscopic surgeon to perform 300 cases independently in order to become proficient, followed by 500 cases (43, 11.5%), 100 cases (40, 10.7%) and 1000 cases (8, 2.1%). According to the surgeons, the most difficult aspect to master endoscopic technique is disparate surgical view (255, 68%), followed by novel instrument adaption (86, 22.9%) and hand-eye coordination (34, 9.1%). The most helpful training method to facilitate spine endoscopic surgeon of younger generation to improve is operating on simulation models or cadaver courses(216, 57.6%), followed by online or offline theoretical courses (67, 17.9%), acquiring the opportunities during surgeries (51, 13.6%) and frequently participating in surgeries as an assistant (41, 10.9%). Conclusion From the perspective of surgeons, to be skilled in spine endoscopic surgery has to overcome a steep learning curve. However, training system should be attached more importance to make it more accessible for surgeons of younger generations to operate on simulation models or take cadaver courses.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

Education for Being A Spine Endoscopic Surgeon: What Matters?

Xie

Zhou

Wang

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…This conveyed a vital message to organizations and manufacturers who are dedicated to promoting the technique and helping less-experienced surgeons. Even though cadavers are not always available, especially in some regions, it is satisfying to see peers develop innovative alternative training programs ( 23 , 24 ). This trend is in line with the survey, and it should be maintained for our efforts to be worthwhile.…”

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confidence: 99%

Training to be a spinal endoscopic surgeon: What matters?

Xie

Zhou²,

Wang³

et al. 2023

Front. Surg.

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ObjectiveSpinal endoscopic surgery has been promoted rapidly in the past decade, attracting an increasing number of young, dedicated surgeons. However, it has long been denounced for its long learning curve as a factor impeding the development of this state-of-the-art technique. The aim of the present study was to discover what really matters in the educational process of becoming a spinal endoscopic surgeon.MethodsAn online survey consisting of 14 compulsory questions was distributed in April and May 2022 through the First Chinese Spinal Endoscopic Surgeons Skills Competition. Reminders were sent to increase response rates.ResultsOf the 893 emails that were sent, we received 637 responses. A total of 375 (76.7%) surgeons most frequently used endoscopic techniques in their practices. Regardless of their different backgrounds, 284 (75.7%) surgeons thought it would be necessary for a young spinal endoscopic surgeon to perform 300 cases independently in order to become proficient, followed by 500 (n=43, 11.5%), 100 (n=40, 10.7%), and 1,000 (n=8, 2.1%) cases. According to the surgeons, the most difficult aspect of mastering the endoscopic technique is a disparate surgical view (n=255, 68%), followed by adaption to new instruments (n=86, 22.9%) and hand-eye coordination (n=34, 9.1%). The most helpful training method for helping the spinal endoscopic surgeons of younger generations improve is operating on simulation models or cadaver courses (n=216, 57.6%), followed by online or offline theoretical courses (n=67, 17.9%), acquiring opportunities during surgeries (n=51, 13.6%), and frequently participating in surgeries as an assistant (n=41, 10.9%).ConclusionFrom the perspective of surgeons, to be skilled in spinal endoscopic surgery means overcoming a steep learning curve. However, training systems should be given more attention to make them more accessible to younger surgeons so they can work on simulation models or take cadaver courses.

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