The stress for surgeons: exploring stress entities with the robotic senhance surgical system

AbstractRobotic surgery is on its way to revolutionizing traditional surgical procedures, offering precise and minimally invasive techniques hypothesized to shorten recovery times and improve patient outcomes. While there have been multiple publications on robotic systems ’ medical and procedural achievements, more emphasis should be put on the surgeon’s experience, especially in comparison with laparoscopic surgery. The present report aims to systematically examine the stress impact on surgeons by comparing the robotic Senhance Surgical System (Asensus Surgical, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A) to laparoscopic surgery. The well-established “SURG-TLX” survey is used to measure distinct stress entities. The “SURG-TLX” survey is a modified version of the NASA-TLX, validated for surgery by M. Willson. Based on a comprehensive database from six centers en compassing various disciplines and surgical procedures, our analysis indicates significantly reduced “overall stress” levels for robotic (cockpit) compared to laparoscopic surgeons. Exploring the “SURG-TLX” stress dimensions further between methods (robotic vs. laparoscopic) and surgeon posi tion (laparoscopic, (robotic) bedside, or (robotic) cockpit) resulted in significantly more Mental (p.value  <  0.015), less Physical Demands (p.value  <  0.001) and less Distraction (p.value  <  0.009) for robotic surgery, especially regarding the robotic cockpit surgeons. This finding suggests that ro...
Source: Journal of Robotic Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research