XR technologies improve surgical skills and procedural accuracy while reducing risks and operating room time (performance expectancy)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Based on the UTAUT performance expectancy domain, XR technologies improved surgical skills and procedural accuracy while reducing risks and operating room time. → Esmaeel T 2024

Evidence¶

Esmaeel T 2024¶

Esmaeel T, Elham T, Fereidooni Mahsa, Ayatollahi Haleh. (2024). Acceptance and use of extended reality in surgical training: an umbrella review. Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02723-w

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Umbrella review of 44 systematic reviews and meta-analyses, synthesized descriptively under the UTAUT framework. The review reports that "XR technologies improved surgical skills and procedural accuracy while simultaneously reducing risks and operating room time"; no pooled effect size was computed.

"Based on the UTAUT model, the findings indicated that XR technologies improved surgical skills and procedural accuracy while simultaneously reducing risks and operating room time (performance expectancy)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• User-friendly XR systems are accessible to trainees with various levels of expertise (effort expectancy) — related
• Resource availability and addressing technical and financial limitations are emphasized as facilitating conditions for XR in surgical training — related
• Haptic simulator trials more frequently show superior accuracy outcomes when force-feedback and structured guidance are included — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Evidence for transfer of simulation training to operating-room outcomes was sparse in neuro-oncological simulation research — related
• Most VR assessments occur at Miller's performance level, with the action level absent — related
• The umbrella review included 44 systematic reviews, most covering XR training in orthopedics, neurology, and laparoscopy — related
• XR-based training is associated with improved user performance in cranial neurosurgical simulation compared to non-XR conditions — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• No evidence currently supports transfer of simulator-based VRS training to the operating room — related