Measurement of Three-Dimensional Force Applied to Elastic Suture Training Pads for Laparoscopic Suturing

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul:2019:7140-7144. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857660.

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery requires highly trained skills to manipulate the laparoscopic instruments. The effectiveness and efficiency of manipulation training are expected to increase by quantitatively evaluating how a series of trainee's manipulations are different from those conducted by skilled surgeons and providing feedback. However, such detailed feed- back is not available because adequate measurement systems have not been proposed to measure the precise forces applied to suture training pads without disturbing the delicate manipulations. Therefore, we proposed a sensorized suture training pad satisfying the above requirements. Three surgical residents participated in an experiment to measure time sequences of three-dimensional forces applied to the pad when executing a transfixion suture. As a result, the differences in manipulation patterns among the residents were found by dividing the transfixion operation based on the sequential force data and recorded videos.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence
  • Feedback
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Suture Techniques
  • Sutures