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- Title
Association of Suturing Technical Skill Assessment Scores Between Virtual Reality Simulation and Live Surgery.
- Authors
Sanford, Daniel I.; Ma, Runzhuo; Ghoreifi, Alireza; Haque, Taseen F.; Nguyen, Jessica H.; Hung, Andrew J.
- Abstract
Introduction: Robotic surgical performance, in particular suturing, has been linked to postoperative clinical outcomes. Before attempting live surgery, virtual reality (VR) simulators afford opportunities for training surgeons to learn fundamental technical skills. Herein, we evaluate the association of suturing technical skill assessments between VR simulation and live surgery, and functional clinical outcomes. Materials and Methods: Twenty surgeons completed a VR suturing exercise on the Mimic™ Flex VR simulator and the anterior vesicourethral anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Three independent and blinded graders provided technical skill scores using a validated assessment tool. Correlations between VR and live scores were assessed by Spearman's correlation coefficients (ρ). In addition, 117 historic RARP cases from participating surgeons were extracted, and the association between VR technical skill scores and urinary continence recovery was assessed by a multilevel mixed-effects model. Results: A total of 20 (6 training and 14 expert) surgeons participated. Statistically significant correlations for scores provided between VR simulation and live surgery were found for overall and needle driving scores (ρ = 0.555, p = 0.011; ρ = 0.570, p = 0.009, respectively). A subanalysis performed on training surgeons found significant correlations for overall scores between VR simulation and live surgery (ρ = 0.828, p = 0.042). Expert cases with high VR needle driving scores had significantly greater continence recovery rates at 24 months after RARP (98.5% vs 84.9%, p = 0.028). Conclusions: Our study found significant correlations in technical scores between VR and live surgery, especially among training surgeons. In addition, we found that VR needle driving scores were associated with continence recovery after RARP. Our data support the association of skill assessments between VR simulation and live surgery and potential implications for clinical outcomes.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; SUTURING; TRAINING of surgeons; TECHNOLOGICAL societies; RETROPUBIC prostatectomy; SURGERY; RADICAL prostatectomy
- Publication
Journal of Endourology, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 10, p1388
- ISSN
0892-7790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/end.2022.0158