title: Development and validation of VBLaST-PT© : a virtual peg transfer simulator.
abstract: Peg transfer is one of the five tasks in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), which is now established as a standard for training minimally invasive surgery. In this paper we report development and preliminary validation of Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer-peg transfer (VBLaST-PT© simulator. Face validation of the VBLaST-PT© with 34 subjects revealed high scores for all aspects of simulation. A two-tailed Mann-Whitney performed on the total scores on VBLaST-PT© showed significant (p=0.001) difference between the skill groups.
authors: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. aarikav@rpi.edu
authors: Venkata S
authors: VS
authors: Arikatla
authors: Ganesh
authors: G
authors: Sankaranarayanan
authors: Woojin
authors: W
authors: Ahn
authors: Amine
authors: A
authors: Chellali
authors: Caroline G L
authors: CG
authors: Cao
authors: Suvranu
authors: S
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mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014110:Touch; D014584:User-Computer Interface