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| Shabnam UndreSummaryAffiliation: Imperial College Country: UK Publications
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Robot-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy: preliminary UK resultsS Undre
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
BJU Int 93:357-9. 2004..To describe the results of our first two cases of laparoscopic adrenalectomy using the da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA)...- Observational assessment of surgical teamwork: a feasibility studyShabnam Undre
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, University of London, London, UK
World J Surg 30:1774-83. 2006..We report the first steps in the development of an observational assessment of teamwork and preliminary findings... - Laparoscopy simulatorsShabnam Undre
Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, St Mary s Hospital, London, U K
J Endourol 21:274-9. 2007..More collaboration is needed between urologists and simulator companies to produce operation-specific simulated modules for urologic procedures... - Observational teamwork assessment for surgery (OTAS): refinement and application in urological surgeryShabnam Undre
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, 10th Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary s Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
World J Surg 31:1373-81. 2007..The aim of the research reported here was to extend the assessment to urology procedures... - "Pass the ball!" Simultaneous flexible nephroscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery for large residual upper-pole staghorn stoneShabnam Undre
Department of Urology, St Mary s Hospital, Praed Street, Paddington, London W2 1NY, U K
J Endourol 18:844-7. 2004.... - Robot-assisted laparoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy: preliminary UK resultsS Undre
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, St Mary s Hospital, London, UK
Dig Surg 21:396-400. 2004..We present our initial experience in robot-assisted laparoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy without addition of an antireflux procedure and discuss the relative merits and disadvantages of the procedure... - Multidisciplinary crisis simulations: the way forward for training surgical teamsShabnam Undre
Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College and St, Mary s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
World J Surg 31:1843-53. 2007..Recently safety skills training has been applied in the practice of medicine. In this study, we developed and piloted a module using multidisciplinary crisis scenarios in a simulated operating theatre to train entire surgical teams... 
Annoyances, disruptions, and interruptions in surgery: the Disruptions in Surgery Index (DiSI)Nick Sevdalis
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, 10th Floor, QEQM, St Mary s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London, W2 1NY, UK
World J Surg 32:1643-50. 2008..Recent studies have investigated disruptions to surgical process via observation. We developed the Disruptions in Surgery Index (DiSI) to assess operating room professionals' self-perceptions of disruptions that affect surgical processes...- Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: construct validation with expert versus novice ratersNick Sevdalis
Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Ann Surg 249:1047-51. 2009..To test the construct validity of the Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) tool... 
Surgical crisis management skills training and assessment: a simulation[corrected]-based approach to enhancing operating room performanceKrishna Moorthy
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Ann Surg 244:139-47. 2006..Our aim was to develop a surgical crisis simulation and evaluate its feasibility, realism, and validity of the measures used to assess performance...- Development, initial reliability and validity testing of an observational tool for assessing technical skills of operating room nursesNick Sevdalis
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, 10th Floor, QEQM, St Mary s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, UK
Int J Nurs Stud 46:1187-93. 2009.... - The complexity of measuring interprofessional teamwork in the operating theatreAndrew N Healey
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, University of London, Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, St Mary s Hospital, Paddington, London, UK
J Interprof Care 20:485-95. 2006..The report and analysis serves to inform the researcher or clinician of the issues to consider when designing or choosing from alternative measures of team performance for training or assessment... - Training junior operative residents in laparoscopic suturing skills is feasible and efficaciousRajesh Aggarwal
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College London, UK
Surgery 139:729-34. 2006..This study evaluates the role of laparoscopic suturing courses in the modern operative training curriculum... - Reliability of a revised NOTECHS scale for use in surgical teamsNick Sevdalis
Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
Am J Surg 196:184-90. 2008..We report a revision of the NOn-TECHnical Skills (NOTECHS) scale of the aviation industry for use in surgery and detailed analysis on its reliability... - Teamwork in the operating theatre: cohesion or confusion?Shabnam Undre
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
J Eval Clin Pract 12:182-9. 2006..The aim of the research that we report here was to empirically assess the cohesiveness of the multidisciplinary operating theatre (OT) team... - Using manual dexterity to predict the quality of the final product in the small bowel anastomosis after a period of trainingDhalia Masud
Imperial College London, Academic Surgical Unit, St Mary s Hospital, Paddington, London, UK
Am J Surg 203:776-81. 2012..Few have described its relevance in predicting the acquisition of surgical techniques. We aim to show whether assessing manual dexterity can predict the quality of the final product after a period of training... - Framework for incorporating simulation into urology trainingSonal Arora
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
BJU Int 107:806-10. 2011..A framework is presented for how simulation-based training could be incorporated into the entire urological curriculum... - Recording of drug allergies: are we doing enough?Anna Radford
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, St Mary s Hospital, London, UK
J Eval Clin Pract 13:130-7. 2007..To assess the implementation of local and national guidelines concerning documentation of drug/clinical hypersensitivities... - Developing observational measures of performance in surgical teamsA N Healey
Imperial College London, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, 10th Floor QEQM, St Mary s Hospital, Praed Street, Paddington, London W2 1NY, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 13:i33-40. 2004.... - Skills training in telerobotic surgeryJ Hance
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Int J Med Robot 1:7-12. 2005..Only when the standard of practice is firmly established, should the proliferation of robotic practitioners be encouraged thus ensuring patient safety is not compromised... - The simulated operating theatre: comprehensive training for surgical teamsR Aggarwal
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College London, 10th Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary s Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY UK
Qual Saf Health Care 13:i27-32. 2004..The effect of external influences such as distractions, new technology, or a crisis scenario can also be defined, with the ultimate aim of reducing the number of adverse events arising in the real operating room... - Defining the technical skills of teamwork in surgeryA N Healey
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, University of London, St Mary s Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 15:231-4. 2006..However, the measures employed for enhancing teamwork in training and practice will need to vary in their object of analysis, level of technical specificity, and system scope... - Differences in final product of a bowel anastomosis of male and female novice surgeonsDhalia Masud
Imperial College Academic Surgical unit, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, United Kingdom
J Surg Educ 68:185-9. 2011..We devised a study to assess objectively the quality of final product of small bowel anastomosis in male and female novice surgeons to explore differences in surgical technical ability... - Assessment of psychomotor skills acquisition during laparoscopic cholecystectomy coursesJulian Hance
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, St Mary s Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
Am J Surg 190:507-11. 2005..The current study aims to objectively assess psychomotor skills acquisition of trainees attending laparoscopic cholecystectomy courses... - Distraction in the urology operating theatreChristopher P Primus
Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio Surgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, Paddington, London, UK
BJU Int 99:493-4. 2007 - Laparoscopic task recognition using Hidden Markov ModelsAristotelis Dosis
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, St.Mary's Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK
Stud Health Technol Inform 111:115-22. 2005..Based on our previous work combining synchronized video and motion analysis we present preliminary results of a HMM laparoscopic task recognizer which aims to model hand manipulations and to identify and recognize simple surgical tasks... - "An Unusual Urological Tumour": Above the Collar and below the BeltErik K Mayer
Department of Urology, St Mary s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK
Case Rep Oncol Med 2012:480826. 2012..We describe a unique case of systemic high-grade B-cell lymphoma with simultaneous cutaneous renal and bladder lesions at presentation... - Objective evaluation of the effect of noise on the performance of a complex laparoscopic taskK Moorthy
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Surgery 136:25-30; discussion 31. 2004..This is probably due to the high levels of concentration required for the performance of a complex surgical task. Future research should focus on the effect of these conditions on communication in the operating room... - Evaluation of the benefit of VR simulation in a multi-media web-based educational toolK Moorthy
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Stud Health Technol Inform 98:247-52. 2004..Both groups performed better than the controls... - An unusual case of a ureteric hernia into the sciatic foramen causing urinary sepsis: successfully treated laparoscopicallyC Witney-Smith
Department of Urology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 89:W10-2. 2007..The presentation was that of a 59-year-old woman with urinary tract sepsis associated with an acute deterioration of renal function. The hernia was successfully repaired laparoscopically... - Simultaneous combined use of flexible ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy to reduce the number of access tracts in the management of complex renal calculiCharles G Marguet
Department of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
BJU Int 96:1097-100. 2005..This manoeuvre reduces potential patient morbidity and blood loss but with no significant effect on stone-free rates and operative durations...