The Tube 3 Module Designed for Practicing Vesicourethral Anastomosis in a Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator: Determination of Face, Content, and Construct Validity

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 345 - 350
• Main Authors: Kang, Sung Gu, Cho, Seok, Kang, Seok Ho, Haidar, Abdul Muhsin, Samavedi, Srinivas, Palmer, Kenneth J., Patel, Vipul R., Cheon, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anastomosis, Surgical - education; Biological and medical sciences; Computer Simulation; Humans; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Robotics - education; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urethra - surgery; Urinary Bladder - surgery; Urologic Surgical Procedures - education; Urology; Validity; Nephrology; Tube; Telemedicine; Anastomosis; Virtual reality; Face; Simulator; Robotics; Urology

To better use virtual reality robotic simulators and offer surgeons more practical exercises, we developed the Tube 3 module for practicing vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA), one of the most complex steps in the robot-assisted radical prostatectomy procedure. Herein, we describe the principle of the...