title: Virtual ventriculostomy with 'shifted ventricle': neurosurgery resident surgical skill assessment using a high-fidelity haptic/graphic virtual reality simulator.
abstract: Based on a study of 48 neurological residents using a high fidelity haptic/graphic virtual reality simulator to perform ventricular cannulation, we recorded absolute Euclidean distance from the catheter tip to the foramen of Monroe within the ventricle. The data suggest that as expected, successful first attempts to cannulate the virtual 'shifted ventricle' are much less frequent than previous assessments with normal virtual ventricular anatomy. Furthermore, the significant improvement observed by the second attempt implies that the learning curve has been affected and the process 'jump started'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemole
authors.forename: P Pat
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luciano
authors.forename: Fady
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Charbel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000193:education*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014584:User-Computer Interface