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Hysteroscopic placement of tubal sterilization implants: virtual reality simulator training

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Abstract

Study objective

To assess face and construct validity of a new virtual reality (VR) training simulator for hysteroscopic placement of tubal sterilization implants.

Design

Nonrandomized, controlled trial comparing responses and performance of novices and experts on the simulator.

Design classification

Canadian task force II-1.

Setting

Forty-six gynecologists were personally invited or recruited at the 33rd Conference of the French National College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF) from December 9 to 12, 2009, grouped as 20 experts and 26 novices. They all performed the defined sequence of virtual procedures on the simulator (case 1 for familiarization, case 4 for study assessment) and finally completed the study questionnaire.

Measurements and main results

Responses to realism, educational potential, and general opinion were excellent, proving face validity. Significant differences between novices and experts were assessed for 7 of the 15 metrics analyzed, proving construct validity.

Conclusions

We established face and construct validity for EssureSim™, an educational VR simulator for hysteroscopic tubal sterilization implant placement. The next steps are to investigate convergent and predictive validity to affirm the real capacity of transferring the skills learned on the training simulator to the patient in the operating room.

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Disclosures

Dr. Pierre Panel is a consultant for Conceptus Inc. Dr. Michael Bajka is a consultant for VirtaMed AG and has VirtaMed stock. Pr. Alaa El Ghoneimi, Dr. Carmen Chis, and Stéphane Cotin have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Hôpital André Mignot, 177 avenue de Versailles, 78157, Le Chesnay, France

    Pierre Panel & Arnaud Le Tohic

  2. Clinic of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Michael Bajka

  3. Service de chirurgie viscérale et urologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Robert Debré, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75935, Paris Cedex 19, France

    Alaa El Ghoneimi

  4. Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France

    Carmen Chis

  5. INRIA, 40 Avenue Halley, 59650, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France

    Stéphane Cotin

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Panel, P., Bajka, M., Le Tohic, A. et al. Hysteroscopic placement of tubal sterilization implants: virtual reality simulator training. Surg Endosc 26, 1986–1996 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-2139-6

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