Lan Li, Fei Yu, Dongquan Shi, Jianping Shi et al.
The present review discusses the application of virtual reality (VR) technology in clinical medicine, especially in surgical training, pain management and therapeutic treatment of mental illness. We introduce the common types of VR simulators and their operational principles in aforementioned fields...
Aashna Mehta, Jyi Cheng Ng, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Helen Huang et al.
Robotic surgery has applications in many medical specialties, including urology, general surgery, and surgical oncology. In the context of a widespread resource and personnel shortage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), the use of robotics in surgery may help to reduce physician burnout, su...
Julie-Anne Jordan, Anthony G. Gallagher, Jim McGuigan, Neil McClure
Background The fulcrum effect of the body wall on instrument handling poses a major obstacle to the mastery of instrument coordination for junior laparoscopic surgeons. This study evaluated three types of laparoscopic simulator training to assess their ability to promote the user's adaptation to the...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Lilian Calvet, Navid Rabbani, Adrien Bartoli
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Surgical tool detection, segmentation, and 3D pose estimation are crucial components in Computer-Assisted Laparoscopy (CAL). The existing frameworks have two main limitations. First, they do not integrate all three components. Integration is critical; for instance, one shoul...
Julie-Anne Jordan, Anthony G. Gallagher, Jim McGuigan, Kieran McGlade et al.
Objectives To evaluate virtual reality as a laparoscopic training device in helping surgeons to automate to the "fulcrum effect" by comparing it to time-matched training programs using randomly alternating images (ie, y-axis inverted and normal laparoscopic) and normal laparoscopic viewing condition...
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, Jessica G. Zarzour, Desiree E. Morgan, Petra J. Lewis et al.
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a major impact on the education of trainees in the radiology environment. The precipitous drop in patient volumes and sequestering of faculty and trainees to maintain social distancing affects experiential learning. The shift of nearly all teachi...
S. E. D. Shortt, Ralph A. Shaw
BACKGROUND: Waiting times for surgical and other procedures are an important measure of how well the health care system responds to patient needs. In a universal health care system such as Canada's, it is important to determine if waiting times vary by socioeconomic status (SES). We compared waiting...
Gildàsio S. De Oliveira, Tulsi Akikwala, Mark C. Kendall, Paul C. Fitzgerald et al.
BACKGROUND: Admission to an anesthesiology residency in the United States is competitive, and the odds associated with a successful match based on the applicants' characteristics have not been determined. The objective of this study was to examine factors associated with admission to anesthesiology ...
Michaelina Macluskey, Justin Durham, Adam Bell, J. G. Cowpe et al.
BACKGROUND: A national survey was undertaken to establish a baseline of our final year students' perception of how their undergraduate oral surgery education has equipped them for key areas of general dental practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Questionnaires were distributed to the 13 UK schools with f...
Bruce Tulloh, Stephen Clifforth, Iain Miller
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing specialization within general surgery, many general surgeons, particularly in rural practice, continue to treat a wide range of conditions. The aim of the present paper was to provide accurate information on three rural surgeons' case-loads to illustrate the spectrum o...
Harsh Deora, Kanwaljeet Garg, Manjul Tripathi, Shashwat Mishra et al.
OBJECTIVE: The evolution of the neurosurgical specialty in lower-middle-income countries is uniformly a narrative of continuous struggle for recognition and resource allocation. Therefore, it is not surprising that neurosurgical education and residency training in these countries is relatively nasce...
Aashna Mehta, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Jyi Cheng Ng et al.
An estimated five billion people worldwide lack access to surgical care, while LMICs including African nations require an additional 143 million life-saving surgical procedures each year.African hospitals are under-resourced and understaffed, causing global attention to be focused on improving surgi...
Jasper Hofman, Pieter De Backer, Ilaria Manghi, Jente Simoens et al.
The integration of Augmented Reality (AR) into daily surgical practice is withheld by the correct registration of pre-operative data. This includes intelligent 3D model superposition whilst simultaneously handling real and virtual occlusions caused by the AR overlay. Occlusions can negatively impact...
Caryl Sibbett, William T Thompson, Maureen Crawford, Agnes McKnight
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate participants' perceptions of the impact on them of an additional six months' training beyond the standard 12 month general practice vocational training scheme. DESIGN: Qualitative study using focus groups. SETTING: General practice vocational training in Northern Ireland. PART...
Carlos Federico Davrieux, Mariano Giménez, Cristians González, Alexandre Ancel et al.
Image-guided surgery is growing in importance with each year. Various imaging technologies are used. The objective of this study was to test whether a new mixed reality navigation system (MRNS) improved percutaneous punctures. This system allowed to clearly visualize the needle tip, needle orientati...