Action-related eye measures to assess surgical expertise.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eye-tracking offers a new list of performance measures for surgeons. Previous studies of eye-tracking have reported that action-related fixation is a good measuring tool for elite task performers. Other measures, including early eye engagement to target and early eye disengagement from the previous subtask, were also reported to distinguish between different expertise levels. These parameters were examined during laparoscopic surgery simulations in the present study, with a goal to identify the most useful measures for distinguishing surgical expertise.

Methods

Surgical operators, including experienced surgeons (expert), residents (intermediate), and university students (novice), were required to perform a laparoscopic task involving reaching, grasping, and loadin

SUBMITTER: Zheng B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413367 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature