Toward a simulation and assessment method for the practice of camera-guided rigid bronchoscopy.

1. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;163:535-41.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335852

Salud LH, Peniche AR, Salud JC, de Hoyos AL, Pugh CM.

Northwestern University, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine.

We have developed a way to measure performance during a camera-guided rigid
bronchoscopy using manikin-based simulation. In an effort to measure contact
pressures within the airway during a rigid bronchoscopy, we instrumented pressure
sensors in a commercially available bronchoscopy task trainer. Participants were
divided into two groups based on self-reported levels of expertise: novice (none
to minimal experience in rigid bronchoscopy) and experts (moderate to extensive
experience). There was no significant difference between experts and novices in
the time taken to complete the rigid bronchoscopy. However, novices touched a
greater number of areas than experts, showing that novices induce a higher number
of unnecessary soft-tissue contact compared to experts. Moreover, our results
show that experts exert significantly less soft tissue pressure compared to
novices.


PMID: 21335852 [PubMed - in process]