Learning Curves in Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: A Different Experience for Each Generation

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Learning Curves in Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: A Different Experience for Each Generation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05595343
• Other study ID #: W19_414 # 19.482
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 1997
• Est. completion date: December 2019

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study compared the learning curves and outcome of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy between 'pioneers' and early adopters in terms of feasibility and proficiency using short term outcomes.

Description:

Learning curves of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) are mostly based on 'pioneering' surgeons who acquired sufficient proficiency largely through self-teaching. No learning curves have been investigated for early adopting surgeons who performed surgery in later stages of the IDEAL framework and build on the experience of the 'pioneering' surgeons. This study compared the learning curves and outcome of LDP between 'pioneers' and early adopters in terms of feasibility and proficiency using short term outcomes over a period from 1997-2019.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 600
• Est. completion date: December 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 2019
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The collected data included the name of the surgeon so inclusion criteria for participating surgeons could be determined. Surgeons who were experienced with a minimum of 40 LDPs in total with at least 10 LDPs per year and who performed their LDPs in the same institution (i.e. no outside institutions) were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
Comparison of performed laparoscopic distal pancreas surgery in two different surgeon groups

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero	Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility learning curve	Feasibility learning curves are based on operation time	1997-2019
Primary	Proficiency learning curve	Proficiency learning curves are based on major complications	1997-2019