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2D Versus 3D Laparoscopic Training on a Virtual Reality Simulator

NCT02361463 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2018-10-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Laparoscopy training programs with virtual reality simulators are widely used before new surgeons are allowed to operate on patients. Laparoscopic surgery results in shorter time to recover, less surgical trauma and thereby a shorter stay at the hospital compared with open surgery. However, it is more difficult to learn laparoscopic surgery, than open surgery, in part because surgeons have to work in a 3-dimensional space, through a 2-dimensional interface on a screen. This results in loss of depth perception and therefore a higher visual and cognitive load. This trial examines if using 3D vision instead of 2D vision on the laparoscopic virtual reality simulator reduces the time to reach proficiency, by decreasing the cognitive and visual load during practice on a Virtual Reality Simulator.

Conditions

  • Stereoscopic Vision

Interventions

DEVICE

3D vision

Laparoscopic simulator training to proficiency under 3D conditions

DEVICE

2D vision

Laparoscopic simulator training to proficiency under 2D conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stine Maya Dreier Sørensen, B.M.Sc. · Centre for Clinical Education

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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