Justo JJM

Language: Spanish
References: 23
Page: 115-120
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Due to the characteristics of the laparoscopic surgery, specific training is needed. The operating room is expensive and its use has a high complication rate, because of that, it is very important to use simulators that help to decrease the learning curve.
Objective: To describe the laparoscopic simulators that exist to date.
Method: Systematic review of the literature looking for articles which describe the development, assessment or characteristics of laparoscopic simulators and the web sites of the manufacturers.
Results: 4 categories: 1) Simulators without an electronic image acquisition device, 2) Simulators with an electronic image acquisition device, 3) Tracking systems, 4) Virtual reality. We found and describe 15 different simulators.
Conclusions: Despite the different characteristics of the simulators, with practice and sufficient repetitions of a technique, there is always an improvement, independently of what type of simulator was used. Laparoscopic simulator laboratories are necessary.

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