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Virtual reality surgical simulators (VRSS) are gaining popularity for general surgery training, both for conventional laparoscopic and robotically-assisted surgery. Although numerous studies have analysed the impact of VRSS training on surgical skills, there is a lack of data regarding the comparison of robotic VRSS (RVRSS) and laparoscopic VRSS (LVRSS) training on conventional laparoscopic skills among subjects with no prior surgical experience. The hypothesis of the present study is that RVRSS could improve conventional laparoscopic skills as much as laparoscopic LVRSS among naïve subjects
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Da Vinci Skills Simulator® | Experimental | Participants in this group will undergo robotic virtual reality surgical simulator training (Da Vinci Mimics) and will subsequently be evaluated on a dry lab laparoscopic box |
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| LapSim® | Active Comparator | Participants in this group will undergo laparoscopic virtual reality surgical simulator Training (LapSim) and will subsequently be evaluated on a dry lab laparoscopic box |
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| Dry lab box laparoscopic training | Placebo Comparator | Participants in this group will undergo dry lab box laparoscopic training only |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| da Vinci Skills Simulator® | Other | Initial robotic virtual reality surgical simulator Training (da Vinci Skills Simulator ® System), then laparoscopic dry box evaluation |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Exercises times | Time to realize each training exercise as well as the final evaluation exercise | Within 1 day after randomization / data will be presented after completion of the study (an average of 9 months) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Objects drops | Number of time objects were unwillingly dropped during each training exercise as well as the final evaluation exercise | Within 1 day after randomization / data will be presented after completion of the study (an average of 9 months) |
| Objects out of view |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Andreas Scheiwiller, MD | Luzerner Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Luzern Kantonsspital Luzern | Lucerne | 6000 | Switzerland |
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| LapSim® | Other | Initial laparoscopic virtual reality surgical simulator training (LapSim ® System), then laparoscopic dry box evaluation |
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| Dry lab box laparoscopic training | Other | No initial simulator training. Dry lab box laparoscopic Training only. |
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Number of times one or both instruments or objects used for the exercises were out of the viewing field during each training exercise as well as the final evaluation exercise |
| Within 1 day after randomization / data will be presented after completion of the study (an average of 9 months) |
| Instruments collisions | Number of collisions between the different instruments used to perform each training exercise as well as the final evaluation exercise | Within 1 day after randomization / data will be presented after completion of the study (an average of 9 months) |