Clarke David B, D'Arcy Ryan C N, Delorme Sebastien, Laroche Denis, Godin Guy, Hajra Sujoy Ghosh, Brooks Rupert, DiRaddo Robert
Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Surg Innov. 2013 Apr;20(2):190-7. doi: 10.1177/1553350612451354. Epub 2012 Jun 20.
The overriding importance of patient safety, the complexity of surgical techniques, and the challenges associated with teaching surgical trainees in the operating room are all factors driving the need for innovative surgical simulation technologies.
Despite these issues, widespread use of virtual reality simulation technology in surgery has not been fully implemented, largely because of the technical complexities in developing clinically relevant and useful models. This article describes the successful use of the NeuroTouch neurosurgical simulator in the resection of a left frontal meningioma.
The widespread application of surgical simulation technology has the potential to decrease surgical risk, improve operating room efficiency, and fundamentally change surgical training.
患者安全的至关重要性、手术技术的复杂性以及在手术室教授外科实习生所面临的挑战，都是推动创新手术模拟技术需求的因素。
尽管存在这些问题，但虚拟现实模拟技术在手术中的广泛应用尚未完全实现，这主要是由于开发临床相关且有用模型存在技术复杂性。本文描述了NeuroTouch神经外科模拟器在左额叶脑膜瘤切除术中的成功应用。
手术模拟技术的广泛应用有可能降低手术风险、提高手术室效率，并从根本上改变外科培训。
