TY - GEN
T1 - Validating advanced robot-assisted laparoscopic training task in virtual reality
AU - Brown-Clerk, B.
AU - Siu, K. C.
AU - Katsavelis, D.
AU - Lee, I.
AU - Oleynikov, Dmitry
AU - Stergiou, N.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The purpose of this study was to validate a complex robotic surgical task, mesh alignment, in virtual reality. Nine subjects unrolled and aligned a mesh onto an inanimate template for the mesh alignment task in both an actual (the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System) and a virtual environment. Data analysis included time to task completion, distance traveled, and speed, of the surgical instrument, as well as electromyography of the extensors and flexors of the dominant arm of the subject. Paired t-tests were used to compare the dependent variables between the actual and virtual environments. The virtual mesh alignment task was statistically similar for all variables except the flexor activity as compared to the actual task. In conclusion, virtual reality could be used as an effective environment to train the next generation of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeons.
AB - The purpose of this study was to validate a complex robotic surgical task, mesh alignment, in virtual reality. Nine subjects unrolled and aligned a mesh onto an inanimate template for the mesh alignment task in both an actual (the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System) and a virtual environment. Data analysis included time to task completion, distance traveled, and speed, of the surgical instrument, as well as electromyography of the extensors and flexors of the dominant arm of the subject. Paired t-tests were used to compare the dependent variables between the actual and virtual environments. The virtual mesh alignment task was statistically similar for all variables except the flexor activity as compared to the actual task. In conclusion, virtual reality could be used as an effective environment to train the next generation of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeons.
KW - Da Vinci robotic surgical system
KW - Laparoscopic training
KW - Virtual reality
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M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 18391254
AN - SCOPUS:44249086447
SN - 9781586038229
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 45
EP - 49
BT - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16 - Parallel, Combinatorial, Convergent
PB - IOS Press
T2 - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16 - Parallel, Combinatorial, Convergent: NextMed by Design, MMVR 2008
Y2 - 30 January 2008 through 1 February 2008
ER -