Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training
Robot-assisted surgery systems are a recent breakthrough in minimally invasive surgeries, offering numerous benefits to both patients and surgeons including, but not limited to, greater visualization of the operation site, greater precision during operation and shorter hospitalization times. Trainin...
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| author | Kurtulus Izzetoglu Mehmet Emin Aksoy Atahan Agrali Dilek Kitapcioglu Mete Gungor Aysun Simsek |
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| description | Robot-assisted surgery systems are a recent breakthrough in minimally invasive surgeries, offering numerous benefits to both patients and surgeons including, but not limited to, greater visualization of the operation site, greater precision during operation and shorter hospitalization times. Training on robot-assisted surgery (RAS) systems begins with the use of high-fidelity simulators. Hence, the increasing demand of employing RAS systems has led to a rise in using RAS simulators to train medical doctors. The aim of this study was to investigate the brain activity changes elicited during the skill acquisition of resident surgeons by measuring hemodynamic changes from the prefrontal cortex area via a neuroimaging sensor, namely, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Twenty-four participants, who are resident medical doctors affiliated with different surgery departments, underwent an RAS simulator training during this study and completed the sponge suturing tasks at three different difficulty levels in two consecutive sessions/blocks. The results reveal that cortical oxygenation changes in the prefrontal cortex were significantly lower during the second training session (Block 2) compared to the initial training session (Block 1) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa4a8db4c97b49a894f026baf7cc941a2023-11-22T03:21:04ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-07-0111793710.3390/brainsci11070937Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery TrainingKurtulus Izzetoglu0Mehmet Emin Aksoy1Atahan Agrali2Dilek Kitapcioglu3Mete Gungor4Aysun Simsek5School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USACenter of Advanced Simulation and Education (CASE), Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul 34684, TurkeyDepartment of Biomedical Device Technology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul 34684, TurkeyCenter of Advanced Simulation and Education (CASE), Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul 34684, TurkeyObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Medical School, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul 34684, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Camlica Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul 34214, TurkeyRobot-assisted surgery systems are a recent breakthrough in minimally invasive surgeries, offering numerous benefits to both patients and surgeons including, but not limited to, greater visualization of the operation site, greater precision during operation and shorter hospitalization times. Training on robot-assisted surgery (RAS) systems begins with the use of high-fidelity simulators. Hence, the increasing demand of employing RAS systems has led to a rise in using RAS simulators to train medical doctors. The aim of this study was to investigate the brain activity changes elicited during the skill acquisition of resident surgeons by measuring hemodynamic changes from the prefrontal cortex area via a neuroimaging sensor, namely, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Twenty-four participants, who are resident medical doctors affiliated with different surgery departments, underwent an RAS simulator training during this study and completed the sponge suturing tasks at three different difficulty levels in two consecutive sessions/blocks. The results reveal that cortical oxygenation changes in the prefrontal cortex were significantly lower during the second training session (Block 2) compared to the initial training session (Block 1) (<i>p</i> < 0.05).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/7/937functional near-infrared spectroscopyneuroimagingfNIRSclinical skill acquisitionrobot-assisted surgerysimulation-based training |
| spellingShingle | Kurtulus Izzetoglu Mehmet Emin Aksoy Atahan Agrali Dilek Kitapcioglu Mete Gungor Aysun Simsek Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training Brain Sciences functional near-infrared spectroscopy neuroimaging fNIRS clinical skill acquisition robot-assisted surgery simulation-based training |
| title | Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training |
| title_full | Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training |
| title_fullStr | Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training |
| title_short | Studying Brain Activation during Skill Acquisition via Robot-Assisted Surgery Training |
| title_sort | studying brain activation during skill acquisition via robot assisted surgery training |
| topic | functional near-infrared spectroscopy neuroimaging fNIRS clinical skill acquisition robot-assisted surgery simulation-based training |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/7/937 |
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