Correlation between operative time and crowd-sourced skills assessment for robotic bariatric surgery.

Poppy AddisonAndrew YooJacqueline Duarte-RamosJermyn AddySamuel DecharioGregg HuskMark JarrettJulio TeixeiraAnthony AntonacciFilippo Filicori

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2020)

Operative time and crowd-sourced GEARS score were not correlated. Operative time and GEARS scores measure different performance characteristics, and future studies should consider using both a validated skills assessment tool and operative time for a more complete evaluation of skill.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
obese patients
minimally invasive
medical students