Surgeons' early experience with the Acessa™ procedure: gaining proficiency with new technology.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Successful adoption of a new surgical procedure varies among practicing surgeons, and skill acquisition depends on the surgeon's innate ability, the complexity of the technique, and training. We report intraoperative and near-term postoperative outcomes from the Acessa procedure conducted by minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons new to Acessa, and report the surgeons' experiences during the training period.

Patients and methods

The study was designed as a postmarket, prospective, single-arm, multicenter analysis of operative and early postoperative outcomes after proctored surgical training with the Acessa device and procedure (laparoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency volumetric thermal ablation of symptomatic fibroids) in premenopausal, menstruating women as

SUBMITTER: Braun KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5126001 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature