Cultura

Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies: Optimizing Operating Room Efficiency

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Hala Alwathainani, Njood Almaslukhi, Ghadah Al Bassam, Majedah Ahmed Alanazi, Ghadeer Ibrahim Alhumiamm

Abstract

Minimizing tissue trauma, patient recovery, and enhancing operation room (OR) workflows which pose operational questions at the integration. This is a mixed retrospective/prospective study to evaluate the effect of MIST on OR efficiency through 1,200 surgical procedures of varying specialties involving a 3-part case review of 1,000 cases, 200-time-motion analysis and a 140-survey of OR personnel. Both the MIST (n = 420; 35.0%) and conventional groups (n = 780; 65.0%) were compared through comparative analyses, and it was found that cases associated with MIST had reduced mean procedure times (104.3 +/-32.8 vs 120.6 +/-39.2 minutes, p < 0.01), turnover times (20.3 +/-6.8 vs 23.8 +/-7.6 minutes, p < 0 In sum, the implementation of MIST was linked to the increase of 14.5 percent in OR efficiency. There was a 28.01 (n = 336) percentage delay of which the case was mainly delayed by the unavailability of the equipment or equipment malfunction (30.0), unavailability of the staff (25.0), and problem with the patients (20.0). The results indicate that the integration of MIST leads to an improvement in various OR performance metrics and ought to be alongside specific interventions, including checks of equipments, standardised turnover processes, and multidisciplinary training, to realise maximum efficiency improvements and optimisation of surgical service delivery.

Keywords : Minimally invasive surgery, Operating room efficiency, Turnover time, Surgical delays, Robotics, Augmented reality.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty