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Limited access to adequate cancer surgery training is one of the driving forces behind global inequities in surgical cancer care. Affordable virtual reality (VR) surgical training could enhance ...

MOUNT VERNON - Brian Johns likes to compare the research and development in virtual reality he and his engineering student, Nicholas Bieno, conducted this summer to a batting cage. In the batting cage ...

A new simulator will put cataract surgeons-in-training in a virtual operating room and connect them with remote instructors, according to a press release. The Alcon Fidelis virtual reality ophthalmic ...

Computer-based Surgical Simulators offer a real-life visual and tactile simulation of various surgical procedures. With surgical simulators, visual components are reproduced by computer graphics while ...

When I was a medical student, I had the opportunity to try an ophthalmic surgery simulator that allowed for the creation of a capsulorrhexis, removal of nuclear fragments, and even a core vitrectomy.

I’m a lousy surgeon. For starters, I accidentally shaved a few extra millimeters off Sue Gerry’s femur during a recent distal femoral resection. That’s a small step in a larger knee-replacement ...

The operative times of third-year residents learning phacoemulsification may be significantly reduced by early and continuous implementation of mandatory virtual simulator surgical training before ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Refractive surgery planning needs a paradigm shift to a more prospective approach. Simulation software designed ...