Virtual Reality in Surgery

Recent developments in Virtual Reality towards Surgery:

Virtual Reality: Keyhole Surgeons Training Could Help Meet European Working Time Directives: Trainee surgeons who add virtual-reality training to standard "apprenticeship" training in key-hole surgery learn more quickly, work with greater accuracy and have less errors than those with no virtual-reality training, and perform as well as those who use additional video training. The finding is important because training surgeons is time-consuming and costly, and surgeons have to develop new skills while working within the hour limits set by European legislation.[1]
Virtual Reality Becomes Reality For Plastic Surgeons: High-tech virtual reality training tools may soon be available to build and enhance plastic surgeons; skills, according to a study to be presented at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS), October 3-7 in Boston.[2]

New Virtual Reality Surgery Simulator Hones Surgeons' Skills, Improves Patient Safety: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine recently acquired a new high-fidelity simulation device that enables surgeons to practice complex operative tasks before entering the operating room, improving patient safety in Oregon and beyond.[3]
Virtual Surgery’ Simulations Help Train Tomorrow’s Surgeons: The rigors of medical school teach the information required to become a physician, but when it comes to surgery, the greatest teacher is experience. Traditional surgical training is done through a type of immersive apprenticeship, with experienced surgeons teaching residents in the operating room over a period of years.[4]