Changes in functional neuroimaging measures as novices gain proficiency on the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery suturing task.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

As trainees practice fundamental surgical skills, they typically rely on performance measures such as time and errors, which are limited in their sensitivity.

Aim

The goal of our study was to evaluate the use of portable neuroimaging measures to map the neural processes associated with learning basic surgical skills.

Approach

Twenty-one subjects completed 15 sessions of training on the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) suture with intracorporeal knot-tying task in a box trainer. Functional near infrared spectroscopy data were recorded using an optode montage that covered the prefrontal and sensorimotor brain areas throughout the task. Average oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) changes were determined for repetitions performed during the first week of training

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10160767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature