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Impact of Virtual Reality Simulator in Training of Robotic Surgery

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Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery

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Virtual reality simulation is a cost-effective training tool for robotic surgery. With available platforms, users can develop basic, intermediate, and advanced surgical skills. Simulators provide users with objective scoring feedback to improve operating performance. Although there is no present gold standard curriculum for simulator training, we review available exercises and metrics suitable for curriculum design.

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    Hana Yokoi, Jian Chen, Mihir M. Desai & Andrew J. Hung

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Yokoi, H., Chen, J., Desai, M.M., Hung, A.J. (2018). Impact of Virtual Reality Simulator in Training of Robotic Surgery. In: Hemal, A., Menon, M. (eds) Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20645-5_14

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