The Effect of Virtual Haptic Training on Real Surgical Drilling Proficiency

Authors:
Christopher Sewell;Nikolas H. Blevins;Sumanth Peddamatham;Hong Z. Tan
Affiliations:
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;Purdue University;Purdue University
Venue:
WHC '07 Proceedings of the Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This sketch presents the design and preliminary results of a study that investigates the transference of motor skills learned in a haptic-enabled virtual environment to performance on a surgically-relevant task in the real world. The chosen task, which requires skills similar to those needed in a number of surgical procedures, including stapedotomy and cochleostomy, is drilling holes through an eggshell using a surgical drill without penetrating the egg's inner membrane. Results reflect a learning curve for task proficiency and indicate a benefit to haptic training, but a planned follow-up study will be required for this claim to be statistically conclusive.