New simulation technologies in neurosurgery

Byval'tsev V.A.; Belykh E.G.; Konovalov N.A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro2016802102-107

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Abstract:

The article presents a literature review on the current state of simulation technologies in neurosurgery, a brief description of the basic terminology and the classification of simulation models, and examples of simulation models and skills simulators used in neurosurgery. Basic models for the development of physical skills, the spectrum of available computer virtual simulators, and their main characteristics are described. It would be instructive to include microneurosurgical training and a cadaver course of neurosurgical approaches in neurosurgery training programs and to extend the use of three-dimensional imaging. Technologies for producing three-dimensional anatomical models and patient-specific computer simulators as well as improvement of tactile feedback systems and display quality of virtual models are promising areas. Continued professional education necessitates further research for assessing the validity and practical use of simulators and physical models.

Keywords:

simulation

neurosurgery

models

education

training

microneurosurgery

Authors:

Byval'tsev V.A.

otdel neĭrokhirurgii i ortopedii Nauchnogo tsentra rekonstruktivnoĭ i vosstanovitel'noĭ khirurgii Sibirskogo otdeleniia RAMN;
NUZ Dorozhnaia klinicheskaia bol'nitsa OAO "RZhD", Irkutsk

Belykh E.G.

otdel neĭrokhirurgii i ortopedii Nauchnogo tsentra rekonstruktivnoĭ i vosstanovitel'noĭ khirurgii Sibirskogo otdeleniia RAMN

Konovalov N.A.

OOO Klinika spinal'noĭ neĭrokhirurgii «Aksis»;
NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

ORCID: 0000-0003-0824-1848

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