Objective assessment of robotic surgical skill using instrument contact vibrations

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1419-1431

  Gomez, Ernest D ^a,d   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b,c   McMahan, William ^d   Bark, Karlin ^d   Kuchenbecker, Katherine J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Objective; Robotic; Skill; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FORCE; GLOBAL RATING SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CONTACT VIBRATION; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; VIBRATION; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; ROC CURVE; SURGEONS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84937707441     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4346-z     Document Type: Article

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