Research and application of a teaching platform for combined spinal-epidural anesthesia based on virtual reality and haptic feedback technology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraspinal anesthesia poses significant teaching challenges and inadequate teaching resources, which ultimately limit students' opportunities for practice. To address this issue, we aimed to develop a virtual platform for combined spinal-epidural anesthesia that merges virtual reality technology with haptic feedback technology, while assessing its educational impact and learning outcomes.

Methods

We utilized MIMICS, 3Ds MAX, and UNITY 3D software to perform 3D reconstruction based on lumbar CT/MRI data from a standard male volunteer. The haptic coefficients were configured on each layer by 20 experienced anesthesiologists in accordance with the Geomagic Touch X force feedback device. A total of 20 anesthesiology interns completed 30 virtual puncture training sess

SUBMITTER: Zheng T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601272 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature