Surgical workflow simulation for the design and assessment of operating room setups in orthopedic surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The design and internal layout of modern operating rooms (OR) are influencing the surgical team's collaboration and communication, ergonomics, as well as intraoperative hygiene substantially. Yet, there is no objective method for the assessment and design of operating room setups for different surgical disciplines and intervention types available. The aim of this work is to establish an improved OR setup for common procedures in arthroplasty.

Methods

With the help of computer simulation, a method for the design and assessment of enhanced OR setups was developed. New OR setups were designed, analyzed in a computer simulation environment and evaluated in the actual intraoperative setting. Thereby, a 3D graphical simulation representation enabled the strong involveme

SUBMITTER: Neumann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333415 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature