80.13 Novel Clinical Implementation of a Magnetic Surgery Center in the US

Posted on January 18, 2018

A. D. Guerron1, S. W. Schimpke1, C. Ortega1, C. Park1, R. Sudan1, J. Yoo1, K. Seymour1, D. Portenier1  1Duke University Medical Center,Durham, NC, USA

Introduction:

Modern surgery is searching for new minimally invasive technologies that improve patient outcomes. Magnetic surgery is a newly developed technology that reduces the invasiveness of the surgical procedures and was recently released for commercialization in the US. In order to translate the benefits of the new technology to the patients, the clinician has to implement the availability and use of the technology within their OR team in their centers. The objective of the present work is to describe the process developed for clinical implementation of a new Magnetic Surgery program in an academic hospital for the first time in the US. 

 

Methods:

The Magnetic Surgical System is the first product released to the market that uses technology based in magnetic fields in order to minimize the incisions on the surgical patient. This system was recently developed by Levita Magnetics Corp (San Mateo, California). The clinical implementation was performed at the Duke Regional Hospital, which is part of the Duke Medical Center. It was a collaborative work between OR management, OR nurses, and surgeons in order to generate policies, training and operative procedures to clinically implement the new technology. 

 

Results:

In January 2017 10 pilot cases were performed at the hospital. After these initial pilot cases, the training material and the policies for use started to be developed. In March the complete training and operative procedures were finished. Between March to August 2017 almost 100 cases have been performed with this new technology, including laparoscopic, single incision and robotic assisted. 

 

Conclusion:

This study shows for the first time the successful implementation of Magnetic Surgery in an academic center in the US. This first center will be the role model and training center for the future implementation and adoption of this new technology across the country and internationally.