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Introduction There is significant growth in the use of the robotic surgery platform in the general surgery community. Current pre-requisites for robot surgery training include performing basic tasks on a simulator and achieving a minimum overall score for each task. However, there is limited information about these tasks related to performance and time required to become proficient. We focused on...
Background Prolonged operative duration is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Although laparoscopic colectomy (LC) is associated with longer operative duration compared with open colectomy (OC), research shows paradoxically decreased morbidity following LC versus OC. The direct impact of operative duration on postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) following LC versus...
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