Learning curves of robotic tissue handling skills depending on training in virtual reality or on a surgical robotic system

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033919

Enrollment

Registered

2024-03-19

Start date

2021-02-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Improvement of robotic surgical methods

Interventions

Group 1: Participants (medical students and surgical residents in their first year of training, each without practical experience in robotic surgery) receive training on a virtual reality simulator (D

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: none

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Participation in a training course for robotic surgery - previous experience in robotic surgery as console surgeon

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Force interaction (unit: Newton) between robotic instruments and tasks as an mean of all force inputs (> 0 Newton) and the peak force	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Completion time for each trial task - Occurrence of predefined surgical errors - Learning curves of force parameters and completion time over the course of the trial tasks	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFelix von Bechtolsheim

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden

felix.bechtolsheim@uniklinikum-dresden.de03514583200

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026