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I imagine with VR getting better and better, a surgeon could eventually train for new procedures much the same way pilots get trained in simulators to handle di
by gcheong 16y ago
I imagine with VR getting better and better, a surgeon could eventually train for new procedures much the same way pilots get trained in simulators to handle different scenarios.
- ippisl 16y agoThere already some companies working on medical simulators. and some medical schools use them. but some simulators need special manipulators to be effective , so it's hard to deliver them over the internet. And obviously , using simulators can offer great results: """ The residents had displayed similar psychomotor skills, but the two groups performed very differently in the O.R. Those who had trained on the simulator completed the operation, on average, twenty-nine per cent faster than those who had not. Moreover, the residents who had received standard surgical training were nine times more likely to hesitate during the operation, five times more likely to injure the gallbladder or burn surrounding tissues, and six times more likely to make other errors. Additional research has shown that simulator training significantly enhances performance of hernia repairs, nasal sinus procedures, and bronchoscopic examinations of the lungs. """ http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/05/02/050502fa_fact?currentPage=4#ixzz0vtxmC6en http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/05/02/050502fa_fact?cu...
- mirkules 16y agoThere are some procedures, such as laperoscopic (sp?) procedures, that the surgeon does "remotely" - I mean, in close proximity of the patient, but not actually holding the tools. Are there difficulties that would prevent a surgeon from performing these procedures from someplace else?
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