Developing an Effective Off-the-job Training Model and an Automated Evaluation System for Thoracoscopic Esophageal Atresia Surgery.

Journal: Journal of pediatric surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pediatric minimally invasive surgery requires advanced technical skills. Off-the-job training (OJT), especially when using disease-specific models, is an effective method of acquiring surgical skills. To achieve effective OJT, it is necessary to provide objective and appropriate skill assessment feedback to trainees. We aimed to construct a system that automatically evaluates surgical skills based on forceps movement using deep learning (DL).

Authors

  • Akihiro Yasui
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Yuichiro Hayashi
    Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Akinari Hinoki
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Hizuru Amano
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Chiyoe Shirota
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Takahisa Tainaka
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Wataru Sumida
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Satoshi Makita
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Yoko Kano
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Aitaro Takimoto
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Yoichi Nakagawa
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Maeda Takuya
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Daiki Kato
    Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 5011194, Japan.
  • Yousuke Gohda
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Jiahui Liu
    The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
  • Yaohui Guo
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
  • Kensaku Mori
    Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
  • Hiroo Uchida
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan. Electronic address: uchida.hiroo.f5@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp.