Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
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J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A · Dec 2013
Does single-port laparoscopic surgery reduce postoperative pain in women with benign gynecologic disease?
Reduced postoperative pain, one of the potential benefits of single-port laparoscopic surgery (SP-LS), has clinically significant importance. The objectives of this study are to compare postoperative pain between SP-LS and conventional laparoscopic surgery (conventional-LS) and to evaluate the difference in postoperative pain between the SP-LS group and the conventional-LS group based on whether a hysterectomy was performed. ⋯ Single-port laparoscopy had no effect on postoperative pain except in the immediate postoperative state (2 hours following surgery) in women who underwent surgery that did not include a hysterectomy.
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J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A · Dec 2013
Virtual reality training improves da Vinci performance: a prospective trial.
The DV-Trainer™ (a virtual reality [VR] simulator) (Mimic Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA) is one of several different robotic surgical training methods. We designed a prospective study to determine whether VR training could improve da Vinci(®) Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) performance. ⋯ We found that VR simulator training can improve da Vinci performance. VR practice can result in an early plateau in the learning curve for robotic practice under controlled circumstances.