Is 3D faster and safer than 4K laparoscopic cholecystectomy? A randomised-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Laparoscopic surgery has well-established benefits for patients; however, laparoscopic procedures have a long and difficult learning curve, in large part due to the lack of stereoscopic depth perception. Developments in high-definition and stereoscopic imaging have attempted to overcome this. Three-dimensional high-definition (3D HD) systems are thought to improve operating times compared to two-dimensional high-definition systems. However their performance against new, ultra-high-definition ('4K') systems is not known.

Methods

Patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomised to 3D HD or 4K laparoscopy. Operative videos were recorded, and the time from gallbladder exposure to separation from the liver (minus on table cholangiogram) was calculated.

SUBMITTER: Dunstan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093366 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature