Behav'Robot: Understanding the Surgeon Behavior During Robot-assisted Surgery

Behav'Robot: Understanding the Surgeon Behavior During Robot-assisted Surgery (a Qualitative Study)

Robot-assisted surgery is spreading since the last decade, but little is known about the impact of the use of the robot on surgeon practices and behavior in the operation theatre.

Interviewing senior surgeons trained for doing robot-assisted surgery, this qualitative study is expected to provide new insights to understand the surgeons' behavioral changes when using a robot.

This study will contribute to improving training programs in robot-assisted surgery.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Robotic Surgical Procedures
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Interview

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Grand-Est
    • Troyes, Grand-Est, France, 10000
      • Centre Hospitalier de Troyes

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Study participants will comprise senior abdominal and pelvic cavity surgeons (i.e., visceral surgeons, gynecologist surgeons, and urologists) having completed their robot-assisted surgery training, and commonly doing laparoscopic surgery.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Senior abdominal and pelvic cavity surgeons (i.e., visceral surgeons, gynecologist surgeons, or urologists).
• Having completed a robot-assisted training
• Commonly doing laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who refuse to participate in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Intervention; Senior abdominal and pelvic cavity surgeons (i.e., visceral surgeons, gynecologist surgeons, and urologists) having completed their robot-assisted surgery training, and commonly doing laparoscopic surgery.	Other: Interview; An individual semi-structured interview per surgeon, according to an interview guide.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Elicitation of the surgeons' perception	Elicitation of the surgeons' perception of practices and behavior changes when doing robot-assisted surgery.	= interview duration (about 30 minutes)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier de Troyes

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Cormi C, Parpex G, Julio C, Ecarnot F, Laplanche D, Vannieuwenhuyse G, Duclos A, Sanchez S. Understanding the surgeon's behaviour during robot-assisted surgery: protocol for the qualitative Behav'Robot study. BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 7;12(4):e056002. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056002.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 3, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 2, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: BehavRobot

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No