Atsushi Nanashima, Kengo Kai, Takeomi Hamada, Shun Munakata, Naoya İmamura, Masahide Hiyoshi, Kiyoaki Hamada, Ikko Shimizu, Yuki Tsuchimochi, Isao Tsuneyoshi
We developed a prototype VR platform, VECTORS L&M (VLM), aiming to enhance the understanding of digestive surgery for students, interns, and young surgeons by limiting costs. Its efficacy was assessed via questionnaires before implementation in surgical education. The VLM provides nine-minute VR views of surgeries, from both 180- and 360-degree angles. It was created with L.A.B. Co., Ltd. and incorporates surgery videos from biliary malignancy patients. Following VLM development, a survey was conducted among surgeons who had experienced it...
December 2023: Turkish Journal of Surgery