Performance of strabismic subjects using a validated surgical training module: A pilot study

Can virtual reality simulation help to determine the importance of stereopsis in intraocular surgery?

“…It is often postulated that people with long-standing stereodeficiency may be more adapted to various monocular cues and thus might perform even better. Although two of the studies mentioned above13 15 used participants with long-standing stereodeficiency and found results similar to ours, these were not representative of potential ophthalmic training applicants. A further study utilising the methods described by us but using a cohort of junior doctors with long-standing stereodeficiency would be required to evaluate this aspect further.…”

“…Barry et al 13 conducted a prospective study that compared patients with strabismus with age-matched controls in performance on a simulated (non-virtual reality) validated surgical training module (involving peg transfer tasks). They found that patients with strabismus performed less well.…”

Stereoacuity and intraocular surgical skill: Effect of stereoacuity level on virtual reality intraocular surgical performance

“…14,15,18 Furthermore, there is great variation within the group of individuals with deficient stereoacuity, and some of them can perform on the same level as those with normal stereoacuity. 6,7,19 Further studies are therefore needed to evaluate the longitudinal effects of stereoacuity on microsurgical skills learning. …”

“…3,4,A One study 5 found that reduced binocular vision led to inferior performance on a simple grasping exercise. Barry et al 6 found that patients with strabismus and without stereoacuity performed worse on a laparoscopic training device than those without strabismus and with normal stereoacuity. Sachdeva and Traboulsi 7 found that patients with reduced stereoacuity performed worse than patients with normal stereoacuity on an intraocular surgical simulator.…”

Teaching speed in the operative theatre: Should case duration benchmark efficiency in general surgical residency programs?

“…Largely, this literature has aimed to improve specific methods of operative training and educational techniques. 13,14 There are far fewer studies focused on the financial impacts of the surgical training programs.…”