Simulation Training in Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Patel, Hitendra R.H (Editor), Joseph, Jean V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

  The field of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has now taken centre stage in modern clinical practice. With ever changing technologies in the field of MIS, such as robotics, there is now the need to train the surgeon to the next degree. Training by simulation, whether virtual, hybrid, or real, allo...

Table of Contents:

• Lessons Learned from the Aviation Industry: Surgical Checklists
• Human Factors, Non-Technical Skills, and Surgical Training
• Current State of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
• Simulation and Training in Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Value of Virtual Reality in Medical Education
• The MIMIC Virtual Reality Trainer: Stepping into Three-Dimensional, Binocular, Robotic Simulation
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Skills Acquisition and Procedural Proficiency in Novices Using Virtual Reality
• Lesson Learnt from the Military Surgeons Using Simulation in Trauma Surgery
• Clinical and Educational Benefits of Surgical Telementoring
• Portable Learning and Multimedia in Surgical Training.