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Efficacy of Proficiency-based Versus Free Laparoscopic Training in Cholecystectomy on a Virtual Reality Simulator

NCT01615549 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2013-08-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Virtual reality devices are widely accepted tools to familiarize surgical novices with the principles of laparoscopy. Free Virtual reality training will be tested against basic training and efficacy assessed in a randomized controlled trial of surgical novices.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparsocopic cholecystectomy

Perform laparsocopic cholecystectomy on a virtual reality devise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Bonn

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Lausanne Hospitals

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin W von Websky, MD · University Hospital Zurich, Department of Surgery

  • Dimitri A Raptis, MD, MSc · University Hospital Zurich, Department of Surgery

  • Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD · University Hospital, Zürich

  • Dieter Hahnloser, MD · University Hospital Zurich, Department of Surgery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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