Characterizing the learning curve of a virtual intracorporeal suturing simulator VBLaST-SS©.

Yaoyu FuLora Anne CavuotoDi QiKarthikeyan PanneerselvamVenkata Sreekanth ArikatlaAndinet EnquobahrieSuvranu DeSteven D Schwaitzberg

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)

The VBLaST-SS© is effective in training laparoscopic suturing skill. Participants' performance of intracorporeal suturing was significantly improved after training on both systems and was retained after 2 weeks of no training.

Keyphrases

virtual reality
robot assisted
minimally invasive