Publications by authors named "Anaplioti E"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the learning curve for four basic surgical skills in both laparoscopic and robotic surgeries using the avatera® system.
- Participants, who had no prior experience, practiced tasks after watching educational materials and undergoing 2-hour training, with their performance times measured across multiple attempts.
- Results showed that practice significantly reduced completion times, and prior laparoscopic experience enhanced training efficiency, indicating that robotic skills can be learned more quickly than laparoscopic ones.
Article Synopsis
- The study assesses the safety and feasibility of the Florence robotic intracorporeal neobladder technique during laparoscopic radical cystectomy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
- All surgeries were completed successfully with a median operative time of 343 minutes, no intraoperative complications, and a hospital stay averaging 7 days, demonstrating effective short-term outcomes.
- While some patients experienced minor complications, the overall results indicate that this technique is promising, but further large-scale prospective studies are needed to confirm long-term effectiveness.
Objective: To evaluate the tissue injury caused by the force applied by the roboticassisted graspers of avatera robotic surgical system on bowel tissue.
Methods: An experimental in vivo porcine model with 1 pig was conducted. After a standard transperitoneal setup of the avatera robotic surgical system, different laparoscopic and robotic graspers were used on the bowel with maximum force applied each time.
Objective: To evaluate the transfer of the practical skills of robot-assisted surgery acquired in the dry-lab into a real live experimental setting for performing upper and lower urinary tract surgeries.
Material And Methods: An in vivo experimental study design was utilized. Six urology trainees and fellows; two 2nd year trainees with no previous exposure to laparoscopic surgery (Group 1), two 4th year residents with medium exposure to laparoscopic surgery (Group 2) and two fellows trained to perform laparoscopic surgeries (Group 3) performed ureteral reimplantation into the bladder, pyeloplasty, and radical nephrectomy on three female pigs under general anesthesia.
Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of the avatera system for performing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) followed by intracorporeal reconstruction of ileal neobladder.
Methods: Six anesthetized female pigs were used to perform RARC and formation of the intracorporeal orthotopic ileal neobladder. Three surgeons with different level of expertise in the use of robotic systems performed RARC after a short instructional lecture and a 2-h hands-on training.
To evaluate the feasibility and intraoperative technical parameters of the new robot-assisted surgical system Avatera by performing bilateral nephrectomy in a live porcine model. Six pigs underwent bilateral robot-assisted radical nephrectomy using the Avatera robotic system (RS). The operations were performed by experienced open (Group 1) and laparoscopic (Group 2) surgeons.
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