title: Open surgery in VR: inguinal hernia repair according to Lichtenstein.
abstract: VREST (Virtual Reality Educational Surgical Tools) is developing a universal and autonomous simulation platform which can be used for training and assessment of medical students and for continuing education of physicians. A workstation consisting of two haptic devices and a 3D vision system is part of the VREST platform. Another part of the platform is a generic software environment in which lessons can be built by the teacher and performed by their students. Using the platform one can see, feel and decide as in reality. With the assessment tool the progress and skills of the students can be supervised. The first lesson build on the VREST platform is an inguinal hernia repair according to Lichtenstein. This is an open surgery procedure. The VREST platform is used prior to the first operating room surgery of the resident. Interactive models and case dependent feedback is used to enlarge the residents' cognition. This should reduce the training time in the operating room.
authors.affiliation: Kunst & van Leerdam Medical Technology bv, Enschede, The Netherlands. asanders@vrest.nl
authors.forename: A J B
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Warntjes
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Geelkerken
authors.forename: W J B
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Mastboom
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Klaase
authors.forename: S G J
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rödel
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luursema
authors.forename: P A M
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kommers
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Verwey
authors.forename: F J A M
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Houten
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kunst
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface