Nintendo Da Vinci: Implementing a novel control system to improve performance in robotic assisted surgery – A pilot study
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Urology, Science and Medical Education, Human-Computer Interaction
- Keywords
- Robotic assisted surgery, Da Vinci, Robotic surgery, Nintendo
- Copyright
- © 2019 Al-Akash
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2019. Nintendo Da Vinci: Implementing a novel control system to improve performance in robotic assisted surgery – A pilot study. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27637v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27637v1
Abstract
Complications of robotic-assisted surgery are on the rise, partly due to surgeons not receiving proper training. Using the current Da Vinci (DV) surgical system, 150-3,000 surgeries must be performed to achieve proficiency. To improve performance, a new system was developed using Nintendo Joycon (NJ) controls. The system was tested using NJ and the DV control systems, with two users (gamer and doctor), in a simulated skills assessment in 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) modes. The simulation completion time and error count were used to calculate a Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery Skills Assessment (FRS) score. The results indicate the task time, error, FRS scores, and learning rates had improved significantly (p<0.05). The risk ratios indicate the Da Vinci control system increases the risk of error significantly (p<0.05). Based on the data collected in this study, implementing a Nintendo Joycon control system improves task time by 83% for the doctor and by 88% for the gamer, reduces error by 73% for the doctor and by 82% for the gamer, improves FRS score by 72% for the doctor and by 46% for the gamer, and accelerates the learning rate by 84% for the doctor and by 86% for the gamer. The data collected indicates that implementing a Nintendo Joycon control system will significantly improve surgical performance by accelerating the learning rate and reducing error.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.
