Published 2021-12-01
“…Nima Motahariasl,1 Sayed Borna Farzaneh,1 Sina Motahariasl,2 Ilya Kokotkin,3 Sara Sousi,4,5 Alexander Zargaran,5,6 David Zargaran,7 Bijendra Patel8 1St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, SW17 0QT, Greater London, UK; 2Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London, SE13 6LH, Greater London, UK; 3St George’s University of London, London, SW17 0RE, Greater London, UK; 4Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, Greater London, UK; 5King’s College London, London, SE1 1UL, Greater London, UK; 6Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital, London, SW10 9NH, Greater London, UK; 7Royal Free Hospital, London, NW3 2QG, Greater London, UK; 8Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 5PZ, Greater London, UKCorrespondence: Sara SousiDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, W12 0NN, Greater London, UKEmail ss6319@ic.ac.ukAim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the novice performance of advanced bimanual laparoscopic skills using the articulating FlexDexTM laparoscopic needle holder in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) visual systems.Methods: In this prospective randomised trial, novices (n=40) without laparoscopic experience were recruited from a university cohort and randomised into two groups, which used the FlexDexTM and 2D or the FlexDex™ and 3D. …”
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