ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Simulator Fidelity Does Not Affect Training for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Home practice for robotic surgery: a randomized controlled trial of a low-cost simulation model.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Trial
- Effect of virtual reality versus dry lab training on technical skills in robotic surgical simulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Training and assessment of skills in neuraxial space access: a scoping review of educational approaches to lumbar puncture, epidural anaesthesia, and spinal anaesthesia.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to compare performance using a surgical robot after training with one of three simulators of varying fidelity.
methodsEight novice operators and eight expert surgeons were randomly assigned to one of three simulators. Each participant performed two exercises using a simulator and then using a surgical robot. The primary outcome of this study is performance assessed by time and GEARS score.
resultsParticipants were randomly assigned to one of three simulators. Time to perform the suturing exercise (novices vs. experts) was significantly different for all 3 simulators. Using the da Vinci robot, peg transfer showed no significant difference between novices and experts and all participants combined (mean time novice 2.00, expert 2.21,
conclusionTraining with simulators of varying fidelity result in similar performance using the da Vinci robot. A dry box simulator may be as effective as a virtual reality simulator for training. Further studies are needed to validate these results.
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