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Correlation of virtual reality performance with real-life cataract surgery performance
Mads Forslund Jacobsen1, Lars Konge2, Daniella Bach-Holm3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Denmark; Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Centre for HR, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.
Purpose:
To investigate the correlation between performance on a virtual reality simulator and real-life cataract surgical performance.
Setting:
Nine ophthalmology departments in Denmark and Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Design:
Prospective multicenter study.
Methods:
Cataract surgeons with different experience levels were included. The participants performed 3 consecutive video-recorded phacoemulsification surgeries that were rated by masked raters using the Objective Structured Assessment of Cataract Surgical Skills (OSACSS) scoring system. Thereafter, the participants performed a previously validated test on an Eyesi virtual reality simulator. Primary outcomes were the mean OSACSS score from all 3 surgeries and the simulator score from the participants' first repetition of the performance test.
Result:
Nineteen surgeons participated. There was a statistically significant correlation between the simulator performance score and the mean OSACSS score across all experience levels, with a Pearson correlation of 0.65 (P = .003, R2 = 0.42).
Conclusion:
Simulator performance was significantly correlated with real-life cataract surgical performance.
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