Validity of a virtual reality-based straight coloanal anastomosis simulator.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Current training methods for surgical trainees are inadequate because they are costly, low-fidelity, or have a low skill ceiling. This work aims to expand available virtual reality training options by developing a VR trainer for straight coloanal anastomosis (SCA), one of the Colorectal Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (COSATS) tasks.

Methods

We developed a VR-based SCA simulator to evaluate trainees based on their performance. To increase the immersiveness, alongside the VR headset, we used haptics as the primary method of interaction with the simulation. We also implemented objective performance metrics to evaluate trainee performance throughout the simulation.

Results

We presented our performance metrics to 27 participants for an Expert C

SUBMITTER: Westergaard G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11930611 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature