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To address surgical complications, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Safe Surgery Saves Lives Checklist. With the foundation of the WHO’s checklist, a robotic-specific checklist (RORCC) was developed using standardized content and face validity methods. The RORCC was implemented in a high volume gynecological (GYN) specialty group using minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery. Data were abstracted from patients undergoing GYN procedures from four GYN surgeons at an urban, community hospital during November 16, 2010 to May 15, 2011 (pre-RORCC) n = 89 and from the period May 16, 2011 to November 16 2011 (post-RORCC) n = 121. Thirty-day readmissions pre-checklist and post-checklist were 12 and 5, respectively, which is a significant (p = 0.02) reduction. The duration of surgery was not significantly affected (p = 0.40) with pre-RORCC surgery time at 110.1 (35.7) min versus post-RORCC surgery time at 112.9 (37.4) min. This study demonstrated the feasibility of integrating an electronic, interactive, and robotic-specific checklist for gynecologic robotic-assisted surgery which resulted in a significant reduction in readmissions at the 30-day without significantly impacting operating room times.
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We would like to thank the Cardinal Health Foundation and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. for grants to support this research.
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Michele L. McCarroll, Melissa D. Zullo, G. Dante Roulette, Thomas M. Mendise, Edward Ferris, Jessica Zolton, Stephen J. Andrews declare that they have no conflict of interest. Vivian E. von Gruenigen, MD has received research grants from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. and Cardinal Health Foundation.
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McCarroll, M.L., Zullo, M.D., Dante Roulette, G. et al. Development and implementation results of an interactive computerized surgical checklist for robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery. J Robotic Surg 9, 11–18 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-014-0482-z
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