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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2022

Preliminary design and evaluation of a remote tele-mentoring system for minimally invasive surgery.

Dehlela Shabir, Nihal Abdurahiman, Jhasketan Padhan, Malek Anbatawi, May Trinh, Shidin Balakrishnan, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Elias Yaacoub, Zhigang Deng, Aiman Erbad and 2 more

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 authors.

Dehlela ShabirDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Nihal AbdurahimanDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Jhasketan PadhanDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Malek AnbatawiDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
May TrinhDepartment of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Shidin BalakrishnanDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Abdulla Al-AnsariDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Elias YaacoubDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Zhigang DengDepartment of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Aiman ErbadCollege of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Amr MohammedDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Nikhil V NavkarDepartment of Surgery, Surgical Research Section, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. nnavkar@hamad.qa.ORCID 0000-0003-1853-1910

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Abstract

backgroundTele-mentoring during surgery facilitates the transfer of surgical knowledge from a mentor (specialist surgeon) to a mentee (operating surgeon). The aim of this work is to develop a tele-mentoring system tailored for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) where the mentor can remotely demonstrate to the mentee the required motion of the surgical instruments.

methodsA remote tele-mentoring system is implemented that generates visual cues in the form of virtual surgical instrument motion overlaid onto the live view of the operative field. The technical performance of the system is evaluated in a simulated environment, where the operating room and the central location of the mentor were physically located in different countries and connected over the internet. In addition, a user study was performed to assess the system as a mentoring tool.

resultsOn average, it took 260 ms to send a view of the operative field of 1920 × 1080 resolution from the operating room to the central location of the mentor and an average of 132 ms to receive the motion of virtual surgical instruments from the central location to the operating room. The user study showed that it is feasible for the mentor to demonstrate and for the mentee to understand and replicate the motion of surgical instruments.

conclusionThe work demonstrates the feasibility of transferring information over the internet from a mentor to a mentee in the form of virtual surgical instruments. Their motion is overlaid onto the live view of the operative field enabling real-time interactions between both the surgeons.

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MentoringSurgeonsHumansMentorsMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresSurgical InstrumentsAugmented realityMinimally invasive surgeryTelemedicineTele-mentoringVirtual surgical instruments

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PMID35246742
PMCPMC9001542

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