Background: Virtual reality surgical simulators provide detailed psychomotor performance data, allowing qualitative and quantitative assessment of hand function. The nondominant hand plays an essential role in neurosurgery in exposing the operative area, assisting the dominant hand to optimize task execution, and hemostasis. Outlining expert-level nondominant hand skills may be critical to understand surgical expertise and aid learner training.
Objective: To (1) provide validity for the simulated bimanual subpial tumor resection task and (2) to use this simulation in qualitative and quantitative evaluation of nondominant hand skills for bipolar forceps utilization.
Methods: In this case series study, 45 right-handed participants performed a simulated subpial tumor resection using simulated bipolar forceps in the nondominant hand for assisting the surgery and hemostasis. A 10-item questionnaire was used to assess task validity. The nondominant hand skills across 4 expertise levels (neurosurgeons, senior trainees, junior trainees, and medical students) were analyzed by 2 visual models and performance metrics.
Results: Neurosurgeon median (range) overall satisfaction with the simulated scenario was 4.0/5.0 (2.0-5.0). The visual models demonstrated a decrease in high force application areas on pial surface with increased expertise level. Bipolar-pia mater interactions were more focused around the tumoral region for neurosurgeons and senior trainees. These groups spent more time using the bipolar while interacting with pia. All groups spent significantly higher time in the left upper pial quadrant than other quadrants.
Conclusion: This work introduces new approaches for the evaluation of nondominant hand skills which may help surgical trainees by providing both qualitative and quantitative feedback.
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