The Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality Training in Thyroid Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Up to this date, there have been no reports on virtual reality (VR) training in thyroid surgery. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of VR training in residents' education. Investigators intend to include general surgery residents in the trial, subgrouped in a VR training group and another one with traditional learning, utilizing a technical textbook as a control. For the purpose of this study, a commercial available VR mask will be given for training in the VR group. Randomization will be used to secure balance in the distribution of residents according to their experience. The task which will be examined include surgical steps from neck incision up to the placement of the C-IONM electrode and will be evaluated by a blinded FEBS certified endocrine surgeon in the operating theatre. Training superiority will be assessed by the outcome measures of Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) score, need for the main surgeon to intervene (NTI), verbal answers and time to task completion. Participants will complete questionnaires regarding satisfaction of the whole educational process.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
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• Residents of the 2nd Surgical Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Residents who have completed their 1st year of training programm.

Locations
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Georgios Gennimatas General Hospital of Thessaloniki
RECRUITING
Thessaloniki
Contact Information
Primary
Stefanos Atmatzidis, Assistant Professor of Surgery
atmatzidis.stef@gmail.com
+306977095756
Backup
Nikolaos Voloudakis, Academic Fellow
nickvolou@gmail.com
+306947200452
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-02-20
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-05-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 12
Treatments
Active_comparator: Control Group
This group will be trained via traditional methods which consists of reading specific chapters of a technical book specialised in Endocrine Surgery (Atlas of Thyroid Surgery- Alexander Shifrin). Also, this group will be provided with videos of the clinic's archive which will support them with specific surgical steps : neck incision up to Continious Neuromonitoring Device placement on Vagus nerve.
Experimental: Virtual Reality Group
Participants of this group will be provided with a VR device- MetaQuest3- with an application which will guide them to completion of specific surgical steps from incision up to Continious Neuromonitoring Device placement on Vagus nerve.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: G.Gennimatas General Hospital

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