Sachiyo Murai
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About
Sachiyo Murai is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of surgical education, urology, and healthcare ergonomics. Her work fundamentally addresses how surgeons learn, perform, and sustain themselves in an era of rapidly advancing technology. Murai’s major contributions include the development and validation of a porcine organ model for training in essential laparoscopic surgical skills (26 citations), a landmark study that provides a structured, wet-laboratory platform for evaluating surgical competency outside the operating room. She has also led a randomized controlled trial demonstrating the effectiveness of pre- and postoperative pelvic floor muscle training for continence recovery after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (11 citations), offering evidence-based guidance for improving patient quality of life. Additionally, Murai has conducted prospective research on surgeons’ real-world workloads and associated factors (8 citations), shedding light on the mental and physical costs of modern surgery. Her gap analysis of urology training in Japan (5 citations) reveals critical discrepancies between trainee self-assessment and instructor expectations, informing curriculum design. Through these studies, Murai is shaping safer, more effective surgical training and practice, with a focus on both technical excellence and surgeon well-being.
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