title: Towards a VR trainer for EVAR treatment.
abstract: Endovascular repair of aortic abdominal aneurysms (AAA) is more and more becoming part of clinical practice. Up to approximately 30 clinical procedures however are necessary to obtain the surgical skills to make the procedure reliable and safe. The current study aims to generate a VR trainer to speed up the training process of experienced vascular surgeons to become experienced EVAR (endovascular AAA repair) surgeons by introducing a VR environment. This manuscript describes the contents and validation of the first step in the VREST - EVAR trainer, i.e. the proper definition of the knowledge and skills that need to be transferred.
authors.affiliation: Kunst & van Leerdam Medical Technology bv, Enschede, The Netherlands. ekunst@kvlmt.nl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kunst
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rödel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teijink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Herwaarden
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Palen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geelkerken
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004501:Education, Medical; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D014584:User-Computer Interface