ReviewArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2022
Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality Is Effective in Orthopaedic Training: A Systematic Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying Research Priorities in Digital Education for Health Care: Umbrella Review and Modified Delphi Method Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Acceptance and use of extended reality in surgical training: an umbrella review.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of virtual reality compared to video training on acetabular cup and femoral stem implantation accuracy in total hip arthroplasty among medical students: a randomised controlled trial.International orthopaedics · 2024Trial
- Extended reality and emerging artificial intelligence in orthopedic surgical training: a scoping review of educational outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Assessment of surgical skills on a novel expert-informed immersive virtual reality simulator for distal radius fracture fixation: a cross-sectional validation study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Virtual Reality Simulation in Orthopedic Surgery Education Improves Immediate Procedural Skill and Knowledge Acquisition, But Evidence on Cost-Effectiveness and Skill Retention Remains Lacking.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Virtual Reality Learning in Suprapubic Catheter Insertion: The Role of Peer-Tutor Guidance Versus Teacher.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- The metaverse in orthopaedics: Virtual, augmented and mixed reality for advancing surgical training, arthroscopy, arthroplasty and rehabilitation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Review
- The use of three-dimensional printing and virtual reality technologies in orthopaedics-with a focus on orthopaedic trauma.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Review
- Extended Reality-Based Head-Mounted Displays for Surgical Education: A Ten-Year Systematic Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- [Satisfaction with continuing education at a level 1 trauma center-Results of a survey and development of a competency-based continuing education concept].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Assessment of head-mounted display for exoscopic neurosurgery.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
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7 authors.
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Abstract
Purpose: To conduct a systematic review to determine the efficacy of head-mounted display (HMD) virtual reality (VR) in orthopaedic surgical training. Methods: A thorough search was conducted on PubMed for articles published between January 2000 and August 2020. Studies were included if they (1) concerned orthopaedic surgery, (2) dealt with an HMD VR device, (3) the technology was being used for training purposes, and (4) was a randomized control trial (RCT). Results: Eight articles met the inclusion criteria. Analysis of the 8 RCTs reveals 6 of the 8 demonstrating HMD VR to be a superior training method to traditional-based training modules. However, in the remaining 2 articles, authors found no significant difference between the VR group and controls, but showed at least equivalent ability to train novice surgeons. Conclusions: RCTs show promising evidence that HMD VR is an efficacious tool in surgical training for orthopaedic procedures, with most randomized clinical trials showing improvement in novice students/surgeons compared with controls. Clinical Relevance: As VR technology advances, so must the research directed at determining the efficacy of such technologies at educating our novice surgeons. RCTs are already demonstrating the role HMD VR can play in the education of novice orthopaedic surgeons.
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