ArticleArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2020
The learning curves of a validated virtual reality hip arthroscopy simulator.
Article in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obesity is associated with less favorable outcomes following hip arthroscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Pooled it
- Multi-perspective analysis of daVinci surgical virtual reality training: a prospective randomized controlled study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Trial
- Assessment of orthopaedic surgery residents' skill progression using a non-immersive virtual reality hip arthroscopy simulator: A pilot prospective interventional study.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- The learning curve of a high-fidelity cataract surgical simulator.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- A 3D-Printed Home-Based Arthroscopic Simulator Improves Basic Surgical Skills: A Prospective Comparative Multicentre Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Enhancing theoretical BLS knowledge with virtual reality: a randomized controlled trial in medical students.Resuscitation plus · 2026Article
- Simulation-based learning in orthopaedics:Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- Digital twins for the era of personalized surgery.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Review
- Young Bovine Hip Model for Hip Arthroscopy Training.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- The status of virtual simulation experiments in medical education in China: based on the national virtual simulation experiment teaching Center (iLAB-X).Medical education online · 2023Article
- The impact of extended reality on surgery: a scoping review.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Three-dimensional virtual reality in surgical planning for breast cancer with reconstruction.SAGE open medical case reports · 2023Article
- Article
- The Diagnostic Arthroscopy Skill Score (DASS): a reliable and suitable assessment tool for arthroscopic skill training.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Virtual Simulation in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review of Recent Practice.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Virtual and augmented reality for surgical training and simulation in knee arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Review
- Immersive virtual reality enables technical skill acquisition for scrub nurses in complex revision total knee arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Article
- A Portable Hip Arthroscopy Simulator Demonstrates Good Face and Content Validity with Incomplete Construct Validity.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Using Haptic Feedback in a Virtual Reality Bone Drilling Simulation to Reduce Plunge Distance.Cureus · 2021Article
- The Key Parts of Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: Implications for the Learning Curve.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionDecreases in trainees' working hours, coupled with evidence of worse outcomes when hip arthroscopies are performed by inexperienced surgeons, mandate an additional means of training. Though virtual reality simulation has been adopted by other surgical specialities, its slow uptake in arthroscopic training is due to a lack of evidence as to its benefits. These benefits can be demonstrated through learning curves associated with simulator training-with practice reflecting increases in validated performance metrics.
methodsTwenty-five medical students with no previous experience of hip arthroscopy completed seven weekly simulated arthroscopies of a healthy virtual hip joint using a 70° arthroscope in the supine position. Twelve targets were visualised within the central compartment, six via the anterior portal, three via the anterolateral portal and three via the posterolateral portal. Task duration, number of collisions (bone and soft-tissue), and distance travelled by arthroscope were measured by the simulator for every session of each student.
resultsLearning curves were demonstrated by the students, with improvements in time taken, number of collisions (bone and soft-tissue), collision length and efficiency of movement (all p < 0.01). Improvements in time taken, efficiency of movement and number of collisions with soft-tissue were first seen in session 3 and improvements in all other parameters were seen in session 4. No differences were found after session 5 for time taken and length of soft-tissue collision. No differences in number of collisions (bone and soft-tissue), length of collisions with bone, and efficiency of movement were found after session 6.
conclusionsThe results of this study demonstrate learning curves for a hip arthroscopy simulator, with significant improvements seen after three sessions. All performance metrics were found to improved, demonstrating sufficient visuo-haptic consistency within the virtual environment, enabling individuals to develop basic arthroscopic skills.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.