New simulation training for robotic-assisted surgeons
Source: www.buffalo.edu
Most surgeons who perform robotic-assisted surgeries using the da Vinci™ robotic surgical system, or a similar product, learn by shadowing colleagues. Now, the new Robotic Surgical Simulator, or RoSS, allows surgeons to learn through simulation, according to a February 25, SUNY Buffalo press release.
Researchers are calling RoSS a flight simulator for surgeons because it follows a similar method that pilots use. The need for a training simulator was clear in the minds of its creators.
“Hospitals don’t invest in these multi-million-dollar robotic surgery systems so that people can train on them,” says John Burgess, Simulated Surgical Systems, LLC, chief executive officer. “Their most pressing need has been a good training environment for robotic surgery.”
RoSS was created through collaborations between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. At right is a photo of creators Thenkurussi Kesavadas from the University at Buffalo and Khurshid Guru of RPCI.
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