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- The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift towards virtual education in medical training, particularly in surgical fields.
- Virtual surgical education includes a range of technologies, from live-streaming surgeries to fully immersive virtual simulations.
- The article discusses the application of these technologies in hand surgery, highlighting their use in preoperative planning, intraoperative guidance, and the creation of a virtual surgery subinternship.
Article Abstract
Accelerated in part by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, medical education has increasingly moved into the virtual sphere in recent years. Virtual surgical education encompasses several domains, including live virtual surgery and virtual and augmented reality. These technologies range in complexity from streaming audio and video of surgeries in real-time to fully immersive virtual simulations of surgery. This article reviews the current use of virtual surgical education and its possible applications in hand surgery. Applications of virtual technologies for preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance, as well as care in underresourced settings, are discussed. The authors describe their experience creating a virtual surgery subinternship with live virtual surgeries. There are many roles virtual technology can have in surgery, and this review explores potential value these technologies may have in hand surgery.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.01.004 | DOI Listing |
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