Simulators and training models for diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical and Technology Review

Chiara Coluccio; Jérémie Jacques; Istvan Hritz; Ivo Boskoski; Mohamed Abdelrahim; Vincenzo Bove; João A. Cunha Neves; Pieter J. F. de Jonge; Giuseppe Dell’Anna; Gianluca Esposito; Antonio Facciorusso; Rodica Gincul; Paolo Giuffrida; Rakesh Kalapala; Christina Kapizioni; Gaius Longcroft-Wheaton; Sandra Nagl; Georgios Tziatzios; Theodor Voiosu; Xavier Dray; Bridget Barbieri; Ian M. Gralnek; Lorenzo Fuccio

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DOI: 10.1055/a-2569-7736

Technical review

Simulators and training models for diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical and Technology Review

Chiara Coluccio

¹Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Forli-Cesena Hospitals, AUSL Romagna, Forlì Cesena, Italy

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Jérémie Jacques

²Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Limoges University Hospital Center, Limoges, France

³Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada

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Istvan Hritz

⁴Department of Surgery, Transplantation and Gastroenterology, Division of Interventional Gastroenterology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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Ivo Boskoski

⁵Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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Mohamed Abdelrahim

⁶Academic Directorate of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, and University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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Vincenzo Bove

⁵Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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João A. Cunha Neves

⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Algarve University Hospital Centre, Portimão, Portugal

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Pieter J. F. de Jonge

⁸Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Giuseppe Dell’Anna

⁹Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

¹⁰Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

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Gianluca Esposito

¹¹Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine Department, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Antonio Facciorusso

¹²Department of Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy

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Rodica Gincul

¹³Department of Gastroenterology, Jean Mermoz Private Hospital, Lyon, France

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Paolo Giuffrida

¹Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Forli-Cesena Hospitals, AUSL Romagna, Forlì Cesena, Italy

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Rakesh Kalapala

¹⁴Bariatric Endoscopy & Center for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India

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Christina Kapizioni

¹⁵Department of Gastroenterology, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece

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Gaius Longcroft-Wheaton

¹⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Cosham, UK

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Sandra Nagl

¹⁷Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Augsburg, Germany

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Georgios Tziatzios

¹⁸Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Nea Ionia "Konstantopoulio-Patision", Athens, Greece

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Theodor Voiosu

¹⁹Gastroenterology Department Colentina Clinical Hospital/UMF Carol Davila Faculy of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania

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Xavier Dray

²⁰Sorbonne University, Centre for Digestive Endoscopy, Saint Antoine Hospital, APHP, Paris, France

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Bridget Barbieri

²¹Senior Project Manager, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), Munich, Germany

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Ian M. Gralnek‡^‡

²²Gastroenterology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel

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Lorenzo Fuccio ‡^‡

²³Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy comprises both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures involving the luminal GI tract as well as the biliary tree, liver, and pancreas. GI endoscopy is challenging to learn, requiring both cognitive (nontechnical) and technical skills, and requires extensive practice to attain proficiency. Simulation-based training has been shown to assist trainees and young endoscopists in acquiring new skills and accelerating the learning curve. Moreover, simulation-based training creates an ideal environment for trainees to initially learn and practice skills while making mistakes with no risk to patients.

This review, divided in two parts, offers a comprehensive summary of the different classes of simulators available for GI endoscopic training.

In Part I, only mechanical simulators are reported and described. In Part II, animal simulators (ex vivo/in vivo) and virtual reality models are detailed, together with prototypes that are currently not commercially available.

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