Effect of pre-operative warm-up on trainee intraoperative performance during robot-assisted hysterectomy: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal: International urogynecology journal
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective was to study the effect of immediate pre-operative warm-up using virtual reality simulation on intraoperative robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy (RALH) performance by gynecology trainees (residents and fellows).

Authors

  • Chi Chiung Grace Chen
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 3200, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
  • Anand Malpani
    Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Malone Hall Room 340, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA. amalpan1@jhu.edu.
  • Madeleine M Waldram
    School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Caitlin Romanczyk
    School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Edward J Tanner
    The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Amanda N Fader
    The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Stacey A Scheib
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Gregory D Hager
    Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Malone Hall Room 340, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
  • S Swaroop Vedula
    Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.