Impact of Acoustic and Interactive Disruptive Factors during Robot-Assisted Surgery-A Virtual Surgical Training Model.

ABSTRACT: The use of virtual reality trainers for teaching minimally invasive surgical techniques has been established for a long time in conventional laparoscopy as well as robotic surgery. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of reproducible disruptive factors on the surgeon's work. In a cross-sectional investigation, surgeons were tested with regard to the impact of different disruptive factors when doing exercises on a robotic-surgery simulator (Mimic Flex VRTM). Additionally, we collected data about the participants' professional experience, gender, age, expertise in playing an instrument, and expertise in playing video games. The data were collected during DRUS 2019 (Symposium of the German Society for Robot-assisted Urology). Forty-two surgeons attending DRUS 2019 were aske

SUBMITTER: Kruger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature