The effects of video games on laparoscopic simulator skills

The experimental analysis of problematic video gaming and cognitive skills: A systematic review

“…Studies of surgical abilities have demonstrated that gamers greatly outperform medical students on different surgery simulators, such as laparoscopic surgery [20,21] or arthroscopy procedures [22]. The findings relating to navigation skills among gamers are far from consistent, with one study showing no significant differences between novice and expert gamers.…”

“…Experimental studies in very specific areas of gaming were excluded if they had been extensively reviewed before, such as studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging or electroencephalography [29,30] and the use of videogames being beneficial to surgical skills [21,31], unless the study also included a specific examination of cognitive skills using an experimental design. The search led to 18 papers (see Figure 1) being published in three areas examining cognitive skills: (i) multi-second time perception (4 studies), inhibition (7 studies), and decision-making (7 studies).…”

Video Analysis in Basic Skills Training: A way to Expand the Value and use of Blackbox Training?

“…However, the results are conflicting as there is a lack of a standardized scoring system and, therefore, further research on this subject is advised [22][23][24]. Glassman et al in a recent systematic review concluded that there is a very limited amount of evidence to support that the use of video games enhances laparoscopic simulation performance [25].…”

A development of an epiduroscopy training simulator based on spatial cognition learning

“…Therefore, various surgical training simulators have been developed that enable iterative learning for the interaction between surgical instruments and human organs. Most surgical training simulators developed so far have been related with endoscopy including bronchoscopy [4], laparoscopy [5], and arthroscopy [6]. The endoscopy training simulators provided a learning opportunity for trainees to experience surgery indirectly by constructing an environment virtually similar to real surgery.…”