Collaborative TeleMentoring program: assessing the impact of telementorship with the Da Vinci robot on surgical training

Collaborative TeleMentoring program: assessing the impact of telementorship on training. Utilising connect software with the Da Vinci Si

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN07184399

Enrollment

280

Registered

2013-01-24

Start date

2013-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-12-19

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Conditions

Urological cancer surgery Surgery Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract

Interventions

Patients will be recruited into either surgery for standard robotic surgery (Group A) or surgery supplemented by CTM (Group B), where surgeons from connected hospitals will mentor chosen stages, that

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female aged =18 years 2. Able to provide written informed consent 3. Diagnosis of urological cancer amenable to curative surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age <18 2. Inability to give informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Operation time, broken down into defined stages - these will be measured at the time of the operation and recorded. 2. Effect of CTM on learning curve defined outcomes	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Positive surgical margin rates. - these will be recorded within 3 months from histology 2. Lymph Node (LN) yields.- these will be recorded within 3 months from histology 3. Functional outcomes (continence and erectile dysfunction rates). Will be measured at 3, 6 and 12 months. 4. Blood loss - will be recorded at time of the operation. 5. Complication rates using Clavien classification - will be recorded at 30 days and 90 days 6. Conversion rates: conversion to open surgery (as an indicator of technical difficulty). Conversion is defined as the need to use a laparotomy wound for any reason other than specimen retrieval - will be recorded at time of surgery. 7. Cost analysis of reduced learning curves - these results will come from the analysis of the times taken to complete the operations.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Positive surgical margin rates. - these will be recorded within 3 months from histology 2. Lymph Node (LN) yields.- these will be recorded within 3 months from histology 3. Functional outcomes (continence and erectile dysfunction rates). Will be measured at 3, 6 and 12 months. 4. Blood loss - will be recorded at time of the operation. 5. Complication rates using Clavien classification - will be recorded at 30 days and 90 days 6. Conversion rates: conversion to open surgery (as an indicator of technical difficulty). Conversion is defined as the need to use a laparotomy wound for any reason other than specimen retrieval - will be recorded at time of surgery. 7. Cost analysis of reduced learning curves - these results will come from the analysis of the times taken to complete the operations.

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026