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The impact of obesity on surgeon ergonomics in robotic and straight stick laparoscopic surgery

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posted on 2019-08-02, 10:47 authored by Esther L. Moss, Panos Sarhanis, Thomas Ind, Michael Smith, Quentin Davies, Massimiliano ZeccaMassimiliano Zecca

Objective

Work-related musculoskeletal symptoms (WMS) are reported to be increasing in surgeons performing minimally invasive procedures.To investigate the use of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and electromyography sensor (EMG) recorders to record real-time information on the muscle movement/activity required to perform training exercises in simulated in normal and high body mass index (BMI) models.

Design

Prospective study

Setting

University Hospital

Sample

Four consultant gynaecological oncology surgeons experienced in complex straight-stick laparoscopic (SS) and robotic surgery (RA).

Interventions

Three exercises (hoops onto pegs and wire chase) using SS and RA on two abdominal models: A) normal BMI; B) high BMI.

Measurements and Main Results

Time to complete exercise and surgeon muscle movement/activity. The time to complete the all the exercises was significantly lower RA as compared to SS (p<0.001). The movement of the surgeons’ core was significantly greater in model SS-B compared to SS-A for all three exercises (p<0.001). Muscle usage, as determined by EMG peak, was significantly higher in SS-A, and even higher in SS-B, but generally flat for all the RA-A and RA-B exercises (p<0.05).

Conclusions

Detailed real-time information can be collected through IMU/EMG sensors. Our results indicate that RA requires less surgeon movements and muscle activity to complete tasks compared to SS, particularly in a high BMI model. The implications of these results are that RA in high BMI patients may therefore have less physical impact on the surgeon compare to SS, and may result in lower WMS rates.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volume

27

Issue

5

Pages

1063-1069

Publisher

Elsevier Inc. on behalf of AAGL

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© Elsevier Inc. on behalf of AAGL

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig.2019.07.009.

Acceptance date

2019-07-13

Publication date

2019-07-18

Copyright date

2019

ISSN

1553-4650

Language

  • en

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