Surgeons’ early experience with the Acessa™ procedure: gaining proficiency with new technology

Figures & data

Figure 1 Acessa™ procedure evaluation form.

Table 1 Surgeons’ responses to questions regarding factors affecting the efficiency of the procedure

Criteria	Responses
	Inferior/needs improvement (%)	Average/acceptable/as expected (%)	Superior/better than expected (%)
Overall ease of use	0	77	23
Need for assistant to handle instrumentation	0	85	15
Ability to assess distance between the handpiece tip/electrode tips and the fibroid capsule	0	69	31
Ability to view Acessa probe and electrode tips on the laparoscopic ultrasound image	0	69	31

Table 2 Baseline demographics of study participants (n=40)

Variable	Value
Age, years
Mean ± SD	39.6±7.1
Median (range)	39.0 (21–54)
Height, cm
Mean ± SD	164.6±7.4
Median (range)	165.5 (147.3–177.0)
Weight, kg
Mean ± SD	76.4±18.1
Median (range)	71.5 (51.0–120.0)
Body mass index, kg/m^2
Mean ± SD	28.3±6.8
Median (range)	25.6 (19.1–44.2)
Ethnicity, n (%)
Caucasian	20 (50.0)
Black	12 (30.0)
Chinese	2 (5.0)
Filipino	2 (5.0)
Aboriginal	2 (5.0)
South Asian	1 (2.5)
Other	1 (2.5)

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Intraoperative findings (n=40)

Variable	Value
Fibroids per patient, n
Mean ± SD	4.2±3.3
Median (range)	3 (1–14)
Total fibroids, n	167
Fibroid types,a %
Submucosal	4.2
Transmural	4.8
Intramural	30.1
Intramural abutting endometrium	4.8
Subserosal	41.6
Pedunculated subserosal	7.8
Not specified or unknown	7.2
Largest major fibroid diameter, cm
Mean ± SD	6.0±1.8
Median (range)	6.0 (2.5–10.2)

Note:

a A fibroid may be classified as more than one type.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table S1 List of institutional review boards that approved this study

Augusta University, Georgia, USA: Chesapeake Research Review, LLC, Columbia, MD, USA Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Research Ethics Board, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: University of Saskatchewan Biomedical Research Ethics Board (bio-REB), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Health (UBC C & W) Research Ethics Board, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada