A Multi-institution Study on the Association of Virtual Reality Skills with Continence Recovery after Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

Journal: European urology focus
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Virtual reality (VR) simulators are increasingly being used for surgical skills training. It is unclear what skills are best improved via VR, translate to live surgical skills, and influence patient outcomes.

Authors

  • Timothy N Chu
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Catherine & Joseph Aresty1441 Eastlake Avenue Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
  • Elyssa Y Wong
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Catherine & Joseph Aresty1441 Eastlake Avenue Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
  • Runzhuo Ma
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Cherine H Yang
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Catherine & Joseph Aresty1441 Eastlake Avenue Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
  • Istabraq S Dalieh
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Catherine & Joseph Aresty1441 Eastlake Avenue Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
  • Alvin Hui
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Oscar Gomez
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Steven Cen
    Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
  • Ahmed Ghazi
    Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Brian J Miles
    Department of Urology, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA.
  • Clayton Lau
    Department of Urology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
  • John W Davis
    Department of Urology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX USA.
  • Mitchell G Goldenberg
    Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Andrew J Hung
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Andrew.Hung@med.usc.edu.