scholarly journals Potential Value of Haptic Feedback in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep Endometriosis

2020 ◽  
pp. 155335062094426
Author(s):  
Stijn L. Vlek ◽  
Rens Burm ◽  
Tim M. Govers ◽  
Michel P. H. Vleugels ◽  
Jurriaan B. Tuynman ◽  
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Introduction. Laparoscopic treatment of deep endometriosis (DE) is associated with intra- and post-operative morbidity. New technological developments, such as haptic feedback in laparoscopic instruments, could reduce the rate of complications. The aim of this study was to assess the room for improvement and potential cost-effectiveness of haptic feedback instruments in laparoscopic surgery. Methods. To assess the potential value of haptic feedback, a decision analytical model was constructed. Complications that could be related to the absence of haptic feedback were included in the model. Costs of complications were based on the additional length of hospital stay, operating time, outpatient visits, reinterventions, and/or conversions to laparotomy. The target population consists of women who are treated for DE in the Netherlands. A headroom analysis was performed to estimate the maximum value of haptic feedback in case it would be able to prevent all selected intra- and post-operative complications. Results. A total of 9.7 intraoperative and 47.0 post-operative complications are expected in the cohort of 636 patients annually treated for DE in the Netherlands. Together, these complications cause an additional length of hospital stay of 432.1 days, 10.2 additional outpatient visits, 73.9 reinterventions, and 4.2 conversions. Most consequences are related to post-operative complications. The total additional annual costs due to complications were €436 623, amounting to €687 additional costs per patient. Discussion. This study demonstrated that the potential value for improvement in DE laparoscopic surgery by using haptic feedback instruments is considerable, mostly caused by the potential prevention of major post-operative complications.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (05) ◽  
pp. 652-655
Author(s):  
Robina Ali ◽  
Riffat Ehsan ◽  
Ghazala Niaz ◽  
Fatima Abid

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the safety of sacrohystcopxy by determining intraoperative and post-operative complications and its effectiveness by pelvic organ prolapse recurrence on follow up. Study Design: Prospective study. Setting: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit-II DHQ Hospital PMC, Faisalabad. Period: Jan-2014 to Jan-2017. Material & Methods: Patients with uterovaginal prolapse, admitted through OPD were selected for abdominal sacrohysteropexy. Variables of study including duration of surgery, any intra-operative and post operative complications, need of intra operative blood transfusion, post operative hospital stay; recurrence of POP, number of pregnancies in 06 moths follow up were recorded. Results: During this study period, 319 patients were admitted with uterovaginal prolapse. 32 (10.03%) cases were selected for abdominal sacrohysteropexy. In these 32 patients, 03 (9.37%) were <30years of age, 21(65.62%) were between 30-35 years and 8 (25%) were between 35-40 years of age. About 2(6.25%) were unmarried, while 30(93.7%) were married. In these married women 14(43.75%) were multiparas, another 14(43.75%) were para 1 or 2, while 4(12.5%) were para 3 or more. Duration of surgery was 40-45 minutes in 31(96.87%) patients. In 28(87.5%) cases per operative blood loss was <150ml while in 4(12.5%) it was estimated to be >150ml but less than 300ml. Post operatively only 1(3.12%) case developed wound sepsis and it was the only one (3.12%) who was discharged on 7th post operative day, while rest 31(96.87%) were discharged on 3rd post operative day. No recurrence was noticed in 06 moths follow up, while 2(6.25%) patients became pregnant. Conclusion: Abdominal sacrohysteropexy is a safe and an effective treatment in terms of overall anatomical and functional outcome, complications, post operative recovery, length of hospital stay and sexual functioning, in women who desire uterine and hence fertility preservation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1463-1470
Author(s):  
Akinlabi E Ajao ◽  
Taiwo A Lawal ◽  
Olakayode O Ogundoyin ◽  
Dare I Olulana

Introduction: Surgery remains the mainstay in treating intussusception in developing countries, with a correspondingly high bowel resection rate despite a shift to non-operative reduction in high-income countries. Objective: To assess factors associated with bowel resection and the outcomes of resection in childhood intussusception. Methods: A review of children with intussusception between January 2006 and December 2015 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. The patients were categorized based on the need for bowel resection and analysis done using the SPSS version 23. Results: 121 children were managed for intussusception during this period. 53 (43.8%) had bowel resection, 61 (50.4%) did not require resection and 7 (5.8%) were unknown. 40 (75.5%) of the resections were right hemi-colectomy. The presence of fever, abdominal pain, distension, rectal mass, age < 12 months, heart rate > 145/min and duration of symptoms > 2 days were associated with the need for bowel resection (p < 0.05). However, only age and abdominal pain independently predicted need for resection. Bowel resection was more associated with development of post-operative complications and prolonged hospital stay (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Infants presenting with abdominal pain and abdominal distension after two days of onset of symptoms were more likely to require bowel resection. Resection in intussusception significantly increased post-operative complications and length of hospital stay. Keywords: Paediatric intussusception; bowel resection; developing countries.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nida Fatima ◽  
John H. Shin ◽  
William T. Curry ◽  
Steven D. Chang ◽  
Antonio Meola

Abstract Purpose Foramen magnum meningiomas (FMMs) are a major surgical challenge, due to relevant surgical morbidity and mortality. The paper aims to review the clinical (symptomatic improvement, complication rate, length of hospital stay) and radiological outcome (completeness of resection) of microsurgical resection of FMMs, and to identify predictors of complications. Methods A multi-institutional retrospective review of prospectively maintained database of FMMs included 51 patients (74.5% females) with a median tumor volume of 8.18 cm3 (range, 1.77–57.9 cm3) and median follow-up of 36 months (range, 0.30–180.0 months). Tumors were resected though suboccipital approach (58.8%) or transcondylar approach (39.3%). Results Gross-total resection (GTR) was achieved in 80.4%, while local tumor control in 98% of cases. Clinical symptoms improved in 34 patients (66.7%) and worsened in 5 (9.8%). The median length of hospital stay was 5 days. Mortality was null. Postoperative complications developed in 15 patients (29.4%), with cerebrospinal fluid leak (7.8%) and lower cranial nerves deficits (7.8%) as the most frequent. Craniospinal location (p = 0.03), location anterior to the dentate ligament (DL) (p = 0.02), involvement of vertebral artery (VA) (p = 0.03) were significantly associated with complication rate. These three elements allow calculating the Foramen Magnum Meningioma Risk Score (FRMMRS), to estimate the risk of post-operative complications. Conclusion Microsurgical resection allows for high GTR rate and local tumor control rate, despite complications in one third of the patients. The FMMRS allows classifying FMMs and estimating the risk of post-operative complications.


2021 ◽  
pp. 000313482199505
Author(s):  
Pratik Bhattacharya ◽  
Liam Phelan ◽  
Simon Fisher ◽  
Shahab Hajibandeh ◽  
Shahin Hajibandeh

We aimed to evaluate comparative outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic splenectomy in patients with non-traumatic splenic pathologies. A systematic search of electronic databases and bibliographic reference lists were conducted, and a combination of free text and controlled vocabulary search adapted to thesaurus headings, search operators and limits in electronic databases were applied. Intraoperative and post-operative complications, wound infection, haematoma, conversion to open procedure, return to theatre, volume of blood loss, procedure time and length of hospital stay were the evaluated outcome parameters. We identified 8 comparative studies reporting a total of 560 patients comparing outcomes of robotic ( n = 202) and laparoscopic ( n = 258) splenectomies. The robotic approach was associated with significantly lower volume of blood loss (MD: −82.53 mls, 95% CI −161.91 to −3.16, P = .04) than the laparoscopic approach. There was no significant difference in intraoperative complications (OR: 0.68, 95% CI .21-2.01, P = .51), post-operative complications (OR: .91, 95% CI .40-2.06, P = .82), wound infection (RD: -.01, 95% CI -.04-.03, P = .78), haematoma (OR: 0.40, 95% CI .04-4.03, P = .44), conversion to open (OR: 0.63; 95% CI, .24-1.70, P = .36), return to theatre (RD: −.04, 95% CI -.09-.02, P = .16), procedure time (MD: 3.63; 95% CI -16.99-24.25, P = .73) and length of hospital stay (MD: −.21; 95% CI -1.17 - .75, P = .67) between 2 groups. In conclusion, robotic and laparoscopic splenectomies seem to have comparable perioperative outcomes with similar rate of conversion to an open procedure, procedure time and length of hospital stay. The former may potentially reduce the volume of intraoperative blood loss. Future higher level research is required to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and clinical outcomes


2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan Chien ◽  
Khurram Khan ◽  
Lewis Gall ◽  
Liam Deboys ◽  
Carol Craig ◽  
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Abstract Background Pre-operative anaemia is associated with increased length of hospital stay, requirement for allogenic blood transfusion, post-operative complications and mortality. Oesophagectomy is a complex procedure associated with significant physiological insult, thus pre-operative patient optimisation is imperative to improve clinical outcomes. This study aimed to determine the impact of pre-operative anaemia on short-term outcomes following oesophagectomy for benign and malignant disease.  Methods A retrospective cohort study of all oesophagectomies performed in a single tertiary referral centre between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2019 was performed. Patients were identified from a prospectively collected database and individual patient electronic records were interrogated. Patients were dichotomised into two groups, based on the most recent pre-operative haemoglobin. Patients with pre-operative anaemia (haemoglobin &lt;130mg/L in males and &lt;120mg/L in females) were compared to those without pre-operative anaemia. Patients with missing data were excluded from the study. Patients were followed up for a median of 32 months (IQR 18-66). Results Of 352 patients eligible for inclusion, 173 (49.1%) patients were anaemic immediately pre-operatively. Patients with pre-operative anaemia were older (66 vs. 64 years, p = 0.031), with a lower anaerobic threshold (11.7 vs. 12.3ml/min/kg, p = 0.011), and were significantly more likely to have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy (91.3% vs. 78.8%, p &lt; 0.001). Patient comorbidities and disease-related characteristics were similar between the two groups. Patients with pre-operative anaemia were significantly more likely to require post-operative blood transfusion (34.7% vs. 16.8%; p &lt; 0.001). However, pre-operative anaemia was not associated with increased post-operative complications, intensive care admission, length of hospital stay, or 30- and 90-day mortality rates following oesophagectomy. Conclusions Patients with anaemia immediately prior to undergoing an oesophagectomy were significantly more likely to require post-operative blood transfusion. However, pre-operative anaemia was not associated with an increased rate of post-operative morbidity or mortality. In addition, pre-operative iron transfusion is becoming increasingly utilised to minimise the incidence of pre-operative anaemia: this was not analysed in this study.


2021 ◽  
pp. 000348942199016
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Maroun ◽  
Habib G. Zalzal ◽  
Ayman A. Mustafa ◽  
Michele Carr

Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare complications and other perioperative outcomes between intraoral and transcervical drainage of both retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study that analyzed data from the 2012 to 2016 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)-Pediatric public use files. Baseline characteristics and perioperative outcomes including postoperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS) were compared between intraoral and transcervical drainage groups. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to inspect predictors of having an extended LOS, defined as LOS greater than 3 days. Results: A total of 1174 patients were included. Mean age was 5.1 ± 3.8 years in the intraoral group (N = 1063) and 4.2 ± 4.3 years in the transcervical group (N = 111, P < .001). There was no significant difference in the rate of post-operative complications between groups (5.7% intraoral vs 8.1% transcervical, P = .316). LOS was significantly longer in the transcervical group (>3 days in 36.2% of intraoral vs 49.5% of transcervical, P = .006). Patients in the transcervical group had 1.59 times the odds of extended LOS, after adjusting for age, pre-operative ventilator support, asthma, structural pulmonary disease, hematologic disorders, and all post-operative complications ( P = .024). Conclusion: There does not appear to be a significant difference in the rate of post-operative complications after intraoral versus transcervical drainage for pharyngeal abscesses in children. However, transcervical drainage was associated with an extended hospital stay. Further prospective studies will be needed to determine the reasons for this.


Author(s):  
Jiawei Chen ◽  
Lin Tian ◽  
Le Zhang ◽  
Jianying Hu ◽  
Shaoqiang Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nalbuphine and sufentanil on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract after laparoscopic surgery for gynecological malignancies. Methods A total of 100 patients aged between 18-70 years with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II who scheduled for laparoscopic radical hysterectomy under general anaesthesia were enrolled. Patients were randomized to receive either sufentanil (Group S) or nalbuphine (Group N) to receive either sufentanil (Group S) or nalbuphine (Group N) in the intraoperative and postoperative periods. The time to the first passage of flatus, the time to the first defecation, the time to the toleration of diet, the serum gastrin and the length of hospital stay were compared between the groups. Postoperative pain by visual analogue scale (VAS), the number of PCA(patient-controlled analgesia)s, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and dizziness were compared between the groups. Results The time to the first passage of flatus(p =0.551), the time to the first defecation(p =0.310), the time to the toleration of diet(p =0.182), the serum gastrin(p =0.397), the number of postoperative nausea(p =0.920), vomit(p =0.334) and PCA events(p =0.167) and the length of hospital stay(p =0.482) were not significantly different between the two groups. VAS scores at postoperative 6 h(p=0.008), 12 h(p =0.002) and 24 h(p =0.013) were lower in Group N than in Group S. Conclusions Compared with sufentanil, nalbuphine was not associated with improved postoperative GI dysfunction after laparoscopic surgery for gynecological malignancies, but it was associated with reduced postoperative pain.


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