The value of haptic feedback in conventional and robot-assisted minimal invasive surgery and virtual reality training: a current review

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1180 - 1190
• Main Authors: van der Meijden, O. A. J., Schijven, M. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.06.2009; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical Competence; Curricula; Education, Medical, Continuing - methods; Endoscopy; Feedback; Gastroenterology; General aspects; Gynecology; Haptics; Hepatology; Humans; Laparoscopy; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - education; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Proctology; Psychomotor Performance; Review; Robotic surgery; Robotics - methods; Simulation; Skills; Surgeons; Surgery; User-Computer Interface; Virtual reality; Robotic surgery; Minimal invasive surgery; Haptic feedback; Surgical training; Virtual reality; Medicine; Endoscopic surgery; Treatment; Non invasive method; Bibliographic review

Background Virtual reality (VR) as surgical training tool has become a state-of-the-art technique in training and teaching skills for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Although intuitively appealing, the true benefits of haptic (VR training) platforms are unknown. Many questions about haptic feedbac...