Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. · Jan 2006
Report of a group developing a virtual reality simulator for arthroscopic surgery of the knee joint.
Apprenticeship training of surgical skills is time consuming and can lead to surgical errors. Our group is developing an arthroscopic virtual reality knee simulator for training orthopaedic residents in arthroscopic surgery before live-patient operating room experience. ⋯ The validation study, done at eight orthopaedic residency programs, will commence in early 2006 and will take one year to complete. We anticipate that proficiency obtained on the simulator will transfer to surgical skills in the operating room.
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Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. · Jan 2006
Biography Historical Article Classical ArticleVirtual reality surgical simulator: the first steps. 1993.