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Article: Perceptual impairment and psychomotor control in virtual laparoscopic surgery

TitlePerceptual impairment and psychomotor control in virtual laparoscopic surgery
Authors
KeywordsEye-hand coordination
Gaze strategy
Perception
Psychomotor control
Quiet eye
Issue Date2011
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00464/
Citation
Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques, 2011, v. 25 n. 7, p. 2268-2274 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: It is recognised that one of the major difficulties in performing laparoscopic surgery is the translation of two-dimensional video image information to a three-dimensional working area. However, research has tended to ignore the gaze and eye-hand coordination strategies employed by laparoscopic surgeons as they attempt to overcome these perceptual constraints. This study sought to examine if measures related to tool movements, gaze strategy, and eye-hand coordination (the quiet eye) differentiate between experienced and novice operators performing a two-handed manoeuvres task on a virtual reality laparoscopic surgical simulator (LAP Mentor™). Methods: Twenty-five right-handed surgeons were categorised as being either experienced (having led more than 60 laparoscopic procedures) or novice (having performed fewer than 10 procedures) operators. The 10 experienced and 15 novice surgeons completed the "two-hand manoeuvres" task from the LAP Mentor basic skills learning environment while wearing a gaze registration system. Performance, movement, gaze, and eye-hand coordination parameters were recorded and compared between groups. Results: The experienced surgeons completed the task significantly more quickly than the novices, used significantly fewer movements, and displayed shorter tool paths. Gaze analyses revealed that experienced surgeons spent significantly more time fixating the target locations than novices, who split their time between focusing on the targets and tracking the tools. A more detailed analysis of a difficult subcomponent of the task revealed that experienced operators used a significantly longer aiming fixation (the quiet eye period) to guide precision grasping movements and hence needed fewer grasp attempts. Conclusion: The findings of the study provide further support for the utility of examining strategic gaze behaviour and eye-hand coordination measures to help further our understanding of how experienced surgeons attempt to overcome the perceptual difficulties inherent in the laparoscopic environment. © 2011 The Author(s).
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/145075
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.120
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Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Research Grants Council, Hong KongRES-000-22-3016
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This work was supported by a bilateral research grant from the Economic and Social Research Council, UK, and the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (RES-000-22-3016), awarded to the first and last authors.

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dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, JSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorVine, SJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorBrewer, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorDefriend, Den_HK
dc.contributor.authorMasters, RSWen_HK
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dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationSurgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques, 2011, v. 25 n. 7, p. 2268-2274en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0930-2794en_HK
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dc.description.abstractBackground: It is recognised that one of the major difficulties in performing laparoscopic surgery is the translation of two-dimensional video image information to a three-dimensional working area. However, research has tended to ignore the gaze and eye-hand coordination strategies employed by laparoscopic surgeons as they attempt to overcome these perceptual constraints. This study sought to examine if measures related to tool movements, gaze strategy, and eye-hand coordination (the quiet eye) differentiate between experienced and novice operators performing a two-handed manoeuvres task on a virtual reality laparoscopic surgical simulator (LAP Mentor™). Methods: Twenty-five right-handed surgeons were categorised as being either experienced (having led more than 60 laparoscopic procedures) or novice (having performed fewer than 10 procedures) operators. The 10 experienced and 15 novice surgeons completed the "two-hand manoeuvres" task from the LAP Mentor basic skills learning environment while wearing a gaze registration system. Performance, movement, gaze, and eye-hand coordination parameters were recorded and compared between groups. Results: The experienced surgeons completed the task significantly more quickly than the novices, used significantly fewer movements, and displayed shorter tool paths. Gaze analyses revealed that experienced surgeons spent significantly more time fixating the target locations than novices, who split their time between focusing on the targets and tracking the tools. A more detailed analysis of a difficult subcomponent of the task revealed that experienced operators used a significantly longer aiming fixation (the quiet eye period) to guide precision grasping movements and hence needed fewer grasp attempts. Conclusion: The findings of the study provide further support for the utility of examining strategic gaze behaviour and eye-hand coordination measures to help further our understanding of how experienced surgeons attempt to overcome the perceptual difficulties inherent in the laparoscopic environment. © 2011 The Author(s).en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofSurgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniquesen_HK
dc.rightsThe Author(s)en_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectEye-hand coordinationen_HK
dc.subjectGaze strategyen_HK
dc.subjectPerceptionen_HK
dc.subjectPsychomotor controlen_HK
dc.subjectQuiet eyeen_HK
dc.titlePerceptual impairment and psychomotor control in virtual laparoscopic surgeryen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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