Initial evaluation of a new device for gynaecological laparoscopic surgery: the Atiomo-Laparoscopic Assistant™.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the number of surgeons required to successfully complete a range of gynaecological laparoscopic procedures using a new device (the Atiomo-Laparoscopic Assistant™), which enables one surgeon to easily simultaneously manipulate the uterus and the laparoscope. The number of surgeons required to complete the operation in 15 women undergoing a range of laparoscopic procedures using the Atiomo-Laparoscopic Assistant™ was compared with data retrospectively collected from theatre records. It was possible for one surgeon to assess the pelvis during laparoscopy in 10 (67%) of the 15 procedures where the Atiomo-Laparoscopic Assistant™ was used, compared with 177 of the 599 (30%) procedures where it was not used (p = 0.005). However, with the Mark 3 device, it was possible for one surgeon to perform the procedure in all seven procedures (100%) where it was used. Surgeons felt that the device was easy to use and no complications occurred.
Division of Human Development, Queens Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK. william.atiomo@nottingham.ac.uk
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D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011446:Prospective Studies