Face and content validation of a Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery Trainer (VTEST™)

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• 作者：Denis Dorozhkin ; Arun Nemani ; Kurt Roberts ; Woojin Ahn ; Tansel Halic…
• 关键词：NOTES ; Natural orifice surgery ; Virtual surgical simulation ; Surgical training ; Surgical performance metrics
• 刊名：Surgical Endoscopy
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：30
• 期：12
• 页码：5529-5536
• 全文大小：724 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Surgery
  Gynecology
  Gastroenterology
  Hepatology
  Proctology
  Abdominal Surgery
  
• 出版者：Springer New York
• ISSN：1432-2218
• 卷排序：30

文摘

BackgroundNatural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an emerging surgical paradigm, where peritoneal access is achieved through one of the natural orifices of the body. It is being reported as a safe and feasible surgical technique with significantly reduced external scarring. Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer (VTEST™) is the first virtual reality simulator for the NOTES. The VTEST™ simulator was developed to train surgeons in the hybrid transvaginal NOTES cholecystectomy procedure. The initial version of the VTEST™ simulator underwent face validation at the 2013 Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) summit. Several areas of improvement were identified as a result, and the corresponding modifications were implemented in the simulator. This manuscript outlines the results of the subsequent evaluation study, performed in order to assess the face and content validity of the latest VTEST™ simulator.