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STELA (Smart TV and smartphone–basEd Laparoscopy TrAiner): a no-cost home-based trainer for beginners
- Source :
- Med J Armed Forces India
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Proficiency in laparoscopy is gradually achieved. After initial simulation, it is safe to move to real patients. Simulation improves the basic attributes of laparoscopy, and its non-availability hampers training. Virtual reality and commercial simulators are exorbitantly expensive. Cheaper non-commercial latest, mobile phone–based simulators appear ergonomically unsuitable. A need for a no-cost, home-based laparoscopic endotrainer was felt by authors. METHODS: The authors proposed the concept of smart TV and smart phone–based laparoscopy trainer (STELA), an almost zero cost, lightweight indigenous, cable-less box-type endotrainer, with a smart phone housed on the model, projecting to smart TV via Wi-fi direct. The simulation timings on STELA were compared with Universal Beetel endotrainer by a group of surgeons and residents using identical tasks like object transfer (OT) and knot making (KM). RESULTS: Data were analysed using SPSS, version 23.There was no significant difference in the mean timings of the residents (p > 0.05) on two endotrainers, for both tasks, and of surgeons for OT. Surgeons took significantly longer time (p
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Smart phone
Multimedia
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Trainer
030106 microbiology
Significant difference
General Medicine
Virtual reality
computer.software_genre
Home based
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Mobile phone
Medicine
Original Article
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Laparoscopy
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03771237
- Volume :
- 77
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Journal Armed Forces India
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eefc704753d2002b8718e93e2fad1829