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Pelvic Virtual Reality Systems

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Simulation has been used in one fashion or another since time immemorial, but for surgery performed within body cavities, the true breakthrough was the advent of more advanced computer graphics and interfaces allowing for VR training units, which are now being found in more branches of medicine, from general surgery to urology and gynecology (Satava, Surg Endosc 15:232–41, 2001).

Pelvic Surgery is one domain where the anatomy and pathology can be extremely unforgiving, yet surgeons still need to develop their surgical, cognitive and affective skills in order to be able to work in this ‘hostile’ environment.

As surgical services become more and more centralized, it is even more difficult to expose a potential future pelvic surgeon to the range of ideas, techniques and patients they need to be ready to deal with at the end of their training.

It is with that in mind that more and more units are looking to Simulation Training as a cost effective and safe way to train surgeons in pelvic surgery.

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  1. ST4 Trauma and Orthopaedics Registrar, NE Thames, Percivall Pott, London, UK

    Simon S. Fleming MBBS Lond., MRCS (Eng), M.Sc (Dist), MAcadMEd, MFSTEd, AFHEA

  2. Barts and The Royal London Hospital, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Bijendra Patel MS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Gen Surg)

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  1. Simon S. Fleming MBBS Lond., MRCS (Eng), M.Sc (Dist), MAcadMEd, MFSTEd, AFHEA
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Correspondence to Simon S. Fleming MBBS Lond., MRCS (Eng), M.Sc (Dist), MAcadMEd, MFSTEd, AFHEA .

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  1. Urology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Hitendra R.H. Patel

  2. University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Tim Mould

  3. Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA

    Jean V. Joseph

  4. Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Conor P. Delaney

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Fleming, S.S., Patel, B. (2015). Pelvic Virtual Reality Systems. In: Patel, H., Mould, T., Joseph, J., Delaney, C. (eds) Pelvic Cancer Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4258-4_3

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