International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg · Nov 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialValidation of SINERGIA as training tool: a randomized study to test the transfer of acquired basic psychomotor skills to LapMentor.
Laparoscopic surgery is commonly used in many surgical procedures but requires a learning process to develop the necessary skills. Virtual reality simulators play an essential role within the training curricula. This paper aims to determine whether training in SINERGIA VR simulator allows novice surgeons to improve their basic psychomotor laparoscopic skills. ⋯ Training in SINERGIA VR simulator allows improvement of basic psychomotor laparoscpic skills and transferring them to another virtual simulator. Therefore, it could be used in laparoscopic surgery training programs.