1P1-O01 Difference between an experienced surgeon and a beginner in forceps manipulation in laparoscopic surgery(Medical Robotics and Mechatronics(1))

Abstract

A Laparoscopic surgery has some advantages such as minimum invasion and earlier recovery of patients. On the other hand, the laparoscopic surgery requires more skill of surgeons compared with the open abdominal surgery. Therefore, to train the skill of laparoscopic surgery, many simulators of the laparoscopic surgery have been developed. In those simulators, to perform effective training, the proper evaluation is necessary. To evaluate the skill of laparoscopic surgery, at first, it is necessary to discuss the difference between an experienced surgeon and a beginner in forceps manipulation. In this paper, to clarify the difference between an experienced surgeon and a beginner, experiments with a sensor forceps are carried out. In the experiments, the motion of suturation has been performed. The experimental results show that the orientation of the forceps, shaft forces and so on are different between an experienced surgeon and a beginner.