Force-based assessment of tissue handling skills in simulation training for robot-assisted surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although robotic-assisted surgery is increasingly performed, objective assessment of technical skills is lacking. The aim of this study is to provide validity evidence for objective assessment of technical skills for robotic-assisted surgery.

Methods

An international multicenter study was conducted with participants from the academic hospitals Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany, Heidelberg) and the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (The Netherlands, Amsterdam). Trainees with distinctly different levels of robotic surgery experience were divided into three groups (novice, intermediate, expert) and enrolled in a training curriculum. Each trainee performed six trials of a standardized suturing task using the da Vinci Surgical System. Using the ForceSense sy

SUBMITTER: Rahimi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature