Virtual reality simulation improves performance metrics in total knee arthroplasty training: A single-centre longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Surgical training of orthopaedic residents is considered challenging. Limited knowledge is currently available regarding alternative approaches such as virtual reality (VR)-based training for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of VR-based training on residents' surgical performance and the individual learning curves in VR-simulated TKA.

Methods

In an educational longitudinal study of learning performance across multiple time points, five sessions were completed on a VR TKA simulator by residents at weekly intervals. The sessions included a knowledge (multiple-choice questions) and skills part, in which a VR-simulated TKA was performed using a fully immersive commercially available VR simulator (Fundamental VR Surgery Ha

SUBMITTER: Kley V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12616389 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature