What are clinically relevant performance metrics in robotic surgery? A systematic review of the literature
Details
Publication Year 2023-04,Volume 17,Issue #2,Page 335-350
Journal Title
Journal of Robotic Surgery
Publication Type
Review
Abstract
A crucial element of any surgical training program is the ability to provide procedure-specific, objective, and reliable measures of performance. During robotic surgery, objective clinically relevant performance metrics (CRPMs) can provide tailored contextual feedback and correlate with clinical outcomes. This review aims to define CRPMs, assess their validity in robotic surgical training and compare CRPMs to existing measures of robotic performance. A systematic search of Medline and Embase databases was conducted in May 2022 following the PRISMA guidelines. The search terms included Clinically Relevant Performance Metrics (CRPMs) OR Clinically Relevant Outcome Measures (CROMs) AND robotic surgery. The study settings, speciality, operative context, study design, metric details, and validation status were extracted and analysed. The initial search yielded 116 citations, of which 6 were included. Citation searching identified 3 additional studies, resulting in 9 studies included in this review. Metrics were defined as CRPMs, CROMs, proficiency-based performance metrics and reference-procedure metrics which were developed using a modified Delphi methodology. All metrics underwent both contents and construct validation. Two studies found a strong correlation with GEARS but none correlated their metrics with patient outcome data. CRPMs are a validated and objective approach for assessing trainee proficiency. Evaluating CRPMs with other robotic-assessment tools will facilitate a multimodal metric evaluation approach to robotic surgery training. Further studies should assess the correlation with clinical outcomes. This review highlights there is significant scope for the development and validation of CRPMs to establish proficiency-based progression curricula that can be translated from a simulation setting into clinical practice.
Publisher
Springer Nature
Keywords
Humans; *Robotic Surgical Procedures/methods; Benchmarking; *Robotics/education; Computer Simulation; Curriculum; Clinical Competence; Clinically relevant outcome measures; Clinically relevant performance metrics; Proficiency-based training; Robotic surgical education
Department(s)
Surgical Oncology
PubMed ID
36190655
Open Access at Publisher's Site
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-022-01457-y
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