Objective Hepatobiliary surgery is a highly complex, low-volume specialty with long learning
curves necessary to achieve optimal outcomes. This creates significant challenges in both …

Background The annual number of robotic surgical procedures is on the rise. Robotic
surgery requires unique skills compared to other surgical approaches. Simulation allows …

Methods: Medical trainees were enrolled prospectively; one group trained on the virtual
reality simulator, and the other group trained on the da Vinci dry laboratory platform …

This study sought to develop basic robotic surgical skills among surgical trainees across
multiple specialties using a VR-based curriculum and provided objective, on-demand …

Objective To assess the relationship between robotic surgical simulation performance and
the real-life surgical skill of attending surgeons. We hypothesized that simulation …

Phenomenon: Virtual reality simulators are the subject of several recent studies of skills
training for robot-assisted surgery. Yet no consensus exists regarding what a core skill set …

Methods: Fifteen participants completed one task on each of the following: dV-Trainer (dVT;
Mimic Technologies, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA), da Vinci Skills Simulator (dVSS; …

Abstract Background Since the US Food and Drug Administration approved robotically
assisted surgical devices for human surgery in 2000, the number of surgeries utilizing this …

Robotic surgery is an accepted adjunct to minimally invasive surgery, but training is
restricted to console time. Virtual-reality (VR) simulation has been shown to be effective for …

Background Worldwide, the annual number of robotic surgical procedures continues to
increase. Robotic surgical skills are unique from those used in either open or laparoscopic …