Robotic experience | Laparoscopic experience | Novices | |
---|---|---|---|
N | 15 | 26 | 29 |
Mean age (SD) | 43 (10.8) | 35 (5.5) | 24 (2.4) |
Sex (male/female) | 14/1 | 15/11 | 12/17 |
Dexterity (right/left/ambidextrous) | 11/0/3 | 24/2/0 | 25/4/0 |
Surgical skill level | |||
Medical student | – | – | 29 |
Resident in training | |||
1–2 years | 0 | 2 | – |
3–4 years | 1 | 11 | – |
5–6 years | 4 | 4 | – |
Surgeon | 10 | 9 | – |
Specialty | |||
None | – | – | 29 |
Surgery | 3 | 8 | – |
Urology | 11 | 4 | – |
Gynecology | 1 | 10 | – |
Pediatric | 0 | 4 | – |
Overall laparoscopic experience (years) | |||
0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
< 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
1–5 | 5 | 18 | – |
5–10 | 1 | 2 | – |
> 10 | 8 | 5 | – |
Robot assisted experience | |||
Basic procedures | |||
0 | 1 | 25 | 29 |
< 10 | 2 | 1 | – |
11–30 | 4 | 0 | – |
31–50 | 0 | 0 | – |
> 50 | 8 | 0 | – |
Advanced procedures | |||
0 | 2 | 26 | 29 |
1–20 | 6 | – | – |
21–50 | 0 | – | – |
> 50 | 7 | – | – |