Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills.
BACKGROUND: Video-games have become an integral part of the new multimedia culture. Several studies assessed video-gaming enhancement of spatial attention and eye-hand coordination. Considering the technical difficulty of laparoscopic procedures, legal issues and time limitations, the validation of...
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| author | Domenico Giannotti Gregorio Patrizi Giorgio Di Rocco Anna Rita Vestri Camilla Proietti Semproni Leslie Fiengo Stefano Pontone Giorgio Palazzini Adriano Redler |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Video-games have become an integral part of the new multimedia culture. Several studies assessed video-gaming enhancement of spatial attention and eye-hand coordination. Considering the technical difficulty of laparoscopic procedures, legal issues and time limitations, the validation of appropriate training even outside of the operating rooms is ongoing. We investigated the influence of a four-week structured Nintendo® Wii™ training on laparoscopic skills by analyzing performance metrics with a validated simulator (Lap Mentor™, Simbionix™). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We performed a prospective randomized study on 42 post-graduate I-II year residents in General, Vascular and Endoscopic Surgery. All participants were tested on a validated laparoscopic simulator and then randomized to group 1 (Controls, no training with the Nintendo® Wii™), and group 2 (training with the Nintendo® Wii™) with 21 subjects in each group, according to a computer-generated list. After four weeks, all residents underwent a testing session on the laparoscopic simulator of the same tasks as in the first session. All 42 subjects in both groups improved significantly from session 1 to session 2. Compared to controls, the Wii group showed a significant improvement in performance (p<0.05) for 13 of the 16 considered performance metrics. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The Nintendo® Wii™ might be helpful, inexpensive and entertaining part of the training of young laparoscopists, in addition to a standard surgical education based on simulators and the operating room. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac458f05ad1b4641b0b6868b0ad00c402022-12-22T01:23:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0182e5737210.1371/journal.pone.0057372Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills.Domenico GiannottiGregorio PatriziGiorgio Di RoccoAnna Rita VestriCamilla Proietti SemproniLeslie FiengoStefano PontoneGiorgio PalazziniAdriano RedlerBACKGROUND: Video-games have become an integral part of the new multimedia culture. Several studies assessed video-gaming enhancement of spatial attention and eye-hand coordination. Considering the technical difficulty of laparoscopic procedures, legal issues and time limitations, the validation of appropriate training even outside of the operating rooms is ongoing. We investigated the influence of a four-week structured Nintendo® Wii™ training on laparoscopic skills by analyzing performance metrics with a validated simulator (Lap Mentor™, Simbionix™). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We performed a prospective randomized study on 42 post-graduate I-II year residents in General, Vascular and Endoscopic Surgery. All participants were tested on a validated laparoscopic simulator and then randomized to group 1 (Controls, no training with the Nintendo® Wii™), and group 2 (training with the Nintendo® Wii™) with 21 subjects in each group, according to a computer-generated list. After four weeks, all residents underwent a testing session on the laparoscopic simulator of the same tasks as in the first session. All 42 subjects in both groups improved significantly from session 1 to session 2. Compared to controls, the Wii group showed a significant improvement in performance (p<0.05) for 13 of the 16 considered performance metrics. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The Nintendo® Wii™ might be helpful, inexpensive and entertaining part of the training of young laparoscopists, in addition to a standard surgical education based on simulators and the operating room.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3583870?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Domenico Giannotti Gregorio Patrizi Giorgio Di Rocco Anna Rita Vestri Camilla Proietti Semproni Leslie Fiengo Stefano Pontone Giorgio Palazzini Adriano Redler Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. PLoS ONE |
| title | Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. |
| title_full | Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. |
| title_fullStr | Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. |
| title_short | Play to become a surgeon: impact of Nintendo Wii training on laparoscopic skills. |
| title_sort | play to become a surgeon impact of nintendo wii training on laparoscopic skills |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3583870?pdf=render |
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