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The Training of Resident Surgeons in Single-Port Thoracoscopic Surgery Wound Position Selection
Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Summary
the metaverse system applied to the training of wound location selection for singleport thoracoscopic surgery. The experimental design is two groups of 40 computer tomography located superficially less than 2 cm lung nodule patients, one group uses the metaverse system to let resident physicians simulate the wound position on the digital twin organs of each patient, and the other group does not use it. The investigators will evaluate the surgeon's satisfaction with the surgical wound position and urgicalrelated results (such as surgery time, blood loss, etc.). The investigators expect that the system will help improve the appropriateness of resident physicians' choice of wound location for high-difficulty single-port thoracoscopic surgery, help them cross the first threshold necessary to familiarize themselves with the surgery faster, and accelerate learning.
Official title: The Role of a Metaverse Surgical Simulation System in Guiding Incision Site Selection for Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-08-15
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-05-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Metaverse system (Patients)
The experimental group will undergo preoperative training using the metaverse surgical simulation system for 15 minutes before selecting the surgical incision site (this refers to residents receiving the assisted training). The trial process requires participants' consent to provide high-resolution CT images as the basis for reconstructing digital twin organs. Except for the intervention training, the surgery, postoperative care, follow-up, and other treatment processes the participants receive will be the same as those for typical patients.
Metaverse system (Resident Physician)
The participants (residents) will receive 15 minutes of preoperative training using the Metaverse surgical simulation system. They will superimpose the digital twin model onto the patient on the operating table and use the CT cross-sectional matching function within the Metaverse system to locate the lesion. The participants (residents) can use the system to repeatedly simulate incision sites and mark planned entry points on the patient by overlaying the virtual model onto the real patient. Except for the intervention training with the system, the subsequent surgery, postoperative care, follow-up, and other treatment processes the patients receive will be the same as usual.