Democratizing Vitreoretinal Surgery Training With a Portable and Affordable Virtual Reality Simulator in the Metaverse.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate RetinaVR, an affordable, portable, and fully immersive virtual reality (VR) simulator for vitreoretinal surgery training.

Methods

We built RetinaVR as a standalone app on the Meta Quest 2 VR headset. It simulates core vitrectomy, peripheral shaving, membrane peeling, and endolaser application. In a validation study (n = 20 novices and experts), we measured: efficiency, safety, and module-specific performance. We first explored unadjusted performance differences through an effect size analysis. Then, a linear mixed-effects model was used to isolate the impact of age, sex, expertise, and experimental run on performance.

Results

Experts were significantly safer in membrane peeling but not when controlling for

SUBMITTER: Antaki F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10996990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature