Evaluation of new motorized articulating laparoscopic instruments by laparoscopic novices using a standardized laparoscopic skills curriculum

ConclusionUsing new motorized ALI in the E-BLUS examination by laparoscopic novices led to a worse performance compared to CLI. An explanation could be that participants felt overwhelmed by ALI and that ALI have an own distinct learning curve. As participants valued ALI ’s additional degrees of freedom, however, a future application of ALI could be for training purposes, ideally in combination with CLI.
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research