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- Title
The efficacy of immersive virtual reality surgical simulator training for pedicle screw placement: a randomized double-blind controlled trial.
- Authors
Xin, Baoquan; Huang, Xing; Wan, Wei; Lv, Kai; Hu, Yiwei; Wang, Jing; Li, Song; Zou, Weiwei; Xiao, Jianru; Liu, Tielong
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To verify whether the pedicle screw placement (PSP) skills of young surgeons receiving immersive virtual reality surgical simulator (IVRSS) training could be improved effectively and whether the IVRSS-PSP training mode could produce a real clinical value in clinical surgery.<bold>Methods: </bold>Twenty-four young surgeons were equally randomized to a VR group and a NON-VR group. Participants in VR group received IVRSS-PSP training, and those in NON-VR group used the conventional model of observing a spinal model first and then watching a teaching video of spinal surgery for 40 minutes x five. The nailing outcome of the participants before and after training was evaluated by statistical analysis in both groups.<bold>Results: </bold>Post-training data analysis showed that the success rate and accuracy rate of screw placement in VR group and NON-VR group were 82.9% and 69.6% vs. 74.2% and 55.4%, respectively, showing statistically significant differences between the two groups by chi-square test (P < 0.05).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The present study demonstrated that IVRSS-PSP was helpful to improve the success rate of PSP for young surgeons, and may provide valuable reference for PSP training of young surgeons. In addition, our study also showed a promising potential of the VR technology in surgical simulation training.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; VIRTUAL reality therapy; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; SYNTHETIC training devices; SCREWS; SURGICAL technology; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; BONE screws; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; INTERNSHIP programs; COMPARATIVE studies; CLINICAL competence
- Publication
International Orthopaedics, 2020, Vol 44, Issue 5, p927
- ISSN
0341-2695
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00264-020-04488-y