ArticleInterventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences2026
Virtual reality simulation training in stroke thrombectomy centers with limited patient volume-Simulator performance and patient outcome.
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- Simulation and Virtual Reality as Training Modalities in Interventional Radiology: A Systematic Review.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026Review
- Education Research: Simulation-Based Interventions in Acute Stroke Care From Symptom Onset to Acute Treatment: A Scoping Review.Neurology. Education · 2025Article
- Innovations in Thrombectomy Training: A Systematic Review and Expert Recommendations from the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology-Mission Thrombectomy Initiative.Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Impact of multidisciplinary simulation training on endovascular thrombectomy: Workflow, patient outcomes and anaesthetic management.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2025Article
- Current applications and future perspectives of extended reality in radiology.La Radiologia medica · 2025Review
- Assessing the State of Training in Congenital Interventional Cardiology: A Global Survey of Program Directors.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
BackgroundVirtual reality simulation training may improve the technical skills of interventional radiologists when establishing endovascular thrombectomy at limited-volume stroke centers. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the technical thrombectomy performance of interventional radiologists improved after a defined virtual reality simulator training period. As part of the quality surveillance of clinical practice, we also assessed patient outcomes and thrombectomy quality indicators at the participating centers.MethodsInterventional radiologists and radiology residents from three thrombectomy-capable stroke centers participated in a five months thrombectomy skill-training curriculum on a virtual reality simulator. The simulator automatically registered procedure time, the number of predefined steps that were correctly executed, handling errors, contrast volume, fluoroscopy time, and radiation dose exposure. The design was a before-after study. Two simulated thrombectomy cases were used as pretest and posttest cases, while seven other cases were used for training. Utilizing the Norwegian Stroke Register, we investigated clinical results in thrombectomy during the study period.ResultsNineteen interventional radiologists and radiology residents participated in the study. The improvement between pretest and posttest cases was statistically significant for all outcome measures in both simulated cases, except for the contrast volume used in one case. Clinical patient outcomes in all three centers were well within the recommendations from multi-society consensus guidelines.ConclusionPerformance on the virtual reality simulator improved after training. Virtual reality simulation may improve the learning curve for interventional radiologists in limited-volume thrombectomy centers. No correlation alleged, the clinical data indicates that the centers studied performed thrombectomy in accordance with guideline-recommended standards.
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