An endoscopic sinus surgery training system for assessment of surgical skill.
The apprenticeship of procedures in endoscopic sinus surgery has several limitations, including potential risk for the patients and lack of feedback to the trainees. In this paper, we present a new surgical training system that combines a head dummy, force and position sensors: this system can be used to assess surgical skills and provide visual feedback to the trainees.
Yamauchi
Yasushi
Y
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 6, 1-1-1, Higashi, 305-8566 Tsukuba, Japan.
Yamashita
Juli
J
Morikawa
Osamu
O
Hashimoto
Ryoichi
R
Yokoyama
Kazunori
K
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000193:education*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed