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ReviewWorld journal of transplantation2023

Exploring the use of virtual reality in surgical education.

Georgios Ntakakis, Christina Plomariti, Christos Frantzidis, Panagiotis E Antoniou, Panagiotis D Bamidis, Georgios Tsoulfas

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Review in World journal of transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06917755 (The Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality Training in Thyroid Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT06917755 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

The Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality Training in Thyroid Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorG.Gennimatas General HospitalRan2025 to 2025Enrolled12ConditionsVirtual Reality Simulation, Thyroid SurgeryArmsVirtual Reality Training in Thyroid Surgery, Convetional Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  17. Enhancing Acute Reconstructive Skills in Burn Surgery Through Virtual Simulation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Georgios NtakakisDepartment of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece. gntakakis@outlook.com.
Christina PlomaritiDepartment of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
Christos FrantzidisSchool of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, United Kingdom.
Panagiotis E AntoniouDepartment of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
Panagiotis D BamidisDepartment of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
Georgios TsoulfasDepartment of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) technologies have rapidly developed in the past few years. The most common application of the technology, apart from gaming, is for educational purposes. In the field of healthcare, VR technologies have been applied in several areas. Among them is surgical education. With the use of VR, surgical pathways along with the training of surgical skills can be explored safely, in a cost-effective manner. The aim of this mini-review was to explore the use of VR in surgical education and in the 3D reconstruction of internal organs and viable surgical pathways. Finally, based on the outcomes of the included studies, an ecosystem for the implementation of surgical training was proposed.

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Abdominal surgerySimulationSurgical educationVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36908307
PMCPMC9993190

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