Effect of real-time virtual reality-based teaching cues on learning needle passing for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Anand MalpaniS Swaroop VedulaHenry C LinGregory D HagerRussell H Taylor

Published in: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery (2020)

In a pilot randomized controlled trial, we observed that automated teaching cues can improve the performance of surgical technique in a VR simulator for RAMIS needle passing. Our study was limited by its recruitment of nonsurgeons and evaluation of a single configuration of coaching modes.

Keyphrases

virtual reality
robot assisted
randomized controlled trial
ultrasound guided
study protocol
minimally invasive
medical students
machine learning
deep learning
high throughput
clinical trial