Neuroenhancement of surgeons during robotic suturing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The initial phases of robotic surgical skills acquisition are associated with poor technical performance, such as low knot-tensile strength (KTS). Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) can improve force and accuracy in motor tasks but research in surgery is limited to open and laparoscopic tasks in students. More recently, robotic surgery has gained traction and is now the most common approach for certain procedures (e.g. prostatectomy). Early-phase robotic suturing performance is dependent on prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation, and this study aimed to determine whether performance can be improved with prefrontal tDCS.

Methods

Fifteen surgical residents were randomized to either active then sham tDCS or sham then active tDCS, in two counterbalanced sessio

SUBMITTER: Patel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160107 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature