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- The study explored whether the Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills (CSATS) platform and peer video reviews improve surgical skills and patient outcomes in robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
- Five experienced urologists submitted their RALP procedures for evaluation, and results showed no significant improvement in technical skill (GEARS scores), but patient outcomes were better, with decreased incidents of sepsis and pelvic fluid collection during the study period.
- This is the first research indicating that using CSATS and peer feedback can enhance patient outcomes after RALP, even if surgeons' technical skills did not show notable improvement.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate if use of the Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills (CSATS) platform and video peer review with constructive feedback is associated with improvement in technical skill and patient outcomes for robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
Methods: Five fellowship-trained urologists voluntarily submitted RALP cases for CSATS Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS) scoring and expert narrative review between April 15, 2022-April 30, 2023. Surgeon-selected and randomly selected cases were reviewed. Surgeons underwent local peer review of videos with constructive feedback. Change in GEARS scores and frequency of postoperative outcomes over the 12-month periods before and during the study were analyzed in logistic regression models. Bias was assessed with sensitivity analysis comparing surgeon-selected to randomly selected cases.
Results: GEARS scores for randomly selected vs surgeon-selected cases did not differ significantly. Overall GEARS score correlated positively with annual surgical RALP volume (r = 0.39, P = .003) and negatively with years in practice (r = -0.34, P = .01). After adjusting for confounders, there was no significant improvement in overall GEARS Score (0.01 ± 0.02/month, P = .48); but likelihood of sepsis (Odds Ratio 0.07, 95% CI 0.01-1.00, P = .05) and pelvic fluid collection (Odds Ratio 0.09, 95% CI 0.01-0.99, P = .049) were significantly decreased during the intervention period (n = 165) compared to the prior 12months (n = 144). No outcome increased in likelihood (P > .05).
Conclusion: Integration of CSATS and local video peer review is associated with significant improvement in patient outcomes after RALP, despite no significant change in surgeons' GEARS scores. This is the first study demonstrating improvement in patient RALP outcomes after implementation of such a paradigm in practicing surgeons.
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