An interventional study of Endoscopic annular suture placement guided by left handed instructor in Cardiac Surgery, Training and Suture, sponsored by Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in Portugal. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-16.
Sponsored by Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Study Characteristics and Structure are as follows:
All Left-handed cardiac surgeons and residents attending the 2024 EACTS annual meeting (october 2024) are invited to any of the 3-day 8-endoscopic sessions as part of this study trial. The Left-handed cardiac surgeons and residents may participte in any of the sessions which best fits their schedule. Time frame includes all three days of endoscopic simulation sessions as walk-ins according to the availability of each surgeon. The exclusion criteria will be experienced endoscopic left-handed surgeons who are already experts. Left-handed surgeons will be randomized to either the standard right-handed guided simulation training session or to a Left-handed tailored simulation session.
Study Intervention: Left-handed surgeons and residents will be randomized to either a 2-hour Left-handed tailored-guided session (Group 1) or a standard right-handed guided 2-hour endoscopic simulation training session (Group 2).
Setting: EACTS 2024 annual meeting (october 2024 - 3-day convention)
Group 1 will be guided by a left-handed intructor using Left-handed endoscopic suture maps Group 2 will be guided by a right-handed intructor using Standard right-handed suture maps
Pre-course tests will evaluate accuracy and time of endoscopic suture placement in comparison to post-course tests to assess improvements. Pre-session assessments will be carried out evaluating endoscopic suture placement accuracy and time to suture placement. These include:
Post-skills sessions assessment: finalizing the 2-hour workshop the participants will be asked to repeat both the anterior and posterior annular endoscopic suture placement.
Final study evaluations and delta time comparisons will be performed to determine if Left-handed surgeons guided by left-handed surgeons outperform or at least fair better then when guided by right-handed instructors.
Determine if during endoscopic simulation training the pairing of LH surgeons with LH instructors will outperform LH surgeons guided by right-handed intructors.
Determine whether LH surgeons guided by right-handed instructors on simulation training fair worse against Right-handed to right handed simulation training.
We hypothesize that the pairing of same dexterity tailored training will improve endoscopic skill performance.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Determine if during endoscopic simulation training the pairing of LH surgeons with LH instructors will outperform LH surgeons guided by right-handed intructors.
Procedure: Endoscopic annular suture placement guided by left handed instructor
Determine whether LH surgeons guided by right-handed instructors on simulation training fair worse against Right-handed to right handed simulation training.
Endoscopic suture placement efficiency guided by left hamded instructors
Delta time difference of suture placement
Final study evaluations and delta time comparisons will be performed to determine if Left-handed surgeons guided by left-handed surgeons outperform or at least fair better then when guided by right-handed instructors. Study Objectives: Determine if during endoscopic simulation training the pairing of LH surgeons with LH instructors will outperform LH surgeons guided by right-handed intructors. Determine whether LH surgeons guided by right-handed instructors on simulation training fair worse against Right-handed to right handed simulation training. We hypothesize that the pairing of same dexterity tailored training will improve endoscopic skill performance.
Time frame: From the randomisation (start of the training) to the end of two-hours training
improvement in seconds taken to perform mitral suturing
time duration it takes to successfully place mitral annular sutures on simulators
Time frame: this will be performed during a two hour course
Plan to share: No — Participants will be anonymous
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