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Marc A. Tewfik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of the mcgill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery a new high fidelity virtual reality simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rickul Varshney, Lily H.p. Nguyen, Meredith Young, Anthony Zeitouni, Saul Frenkiel, Del Maestro R, Marc A. Tewfik
    Abstract:

    Background: The technical challenges of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) and the high risk of complications support the development of alternative modalities to train residents in these procedures. Virtual reality simulation is becoming a useful tool for training the skills necessary for minimally invasive Surgery; however, there are currently no ESS virtual reality simulators available with valid evidence supporting their use in resident education. Our aim was to develop a new rhinology simulator, as well as to define potential performance metrics for trainee assessment. Methods: The McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery (MSESS), a new Sinus Surgery virtual reality simulator with haptic feedback, was developed (a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the Montreal Neurologic Institute Simulation Lab, and the National Research Council of Canada). A panel of experts in education, performance assessment, rhinology, and skull base Surgery convened to identify core technical abilities that would need to be taught by the simulator, as well as performance metrics to be developed and captured. Results: The MSESS allows the user to perform basic Sinus Surgery skills, such as an ethmoidectomy and sphenoidotomy, through the use of endoscopic tools in a virtual nasal model. The performance metrics were developed by an expert panel and include measurements of safety, quality, and efficiency of the procedure. Conclusion: The MSESS incorporates novel technological advancements to create a realistic platform for trainees. To our knowledge, this is the first simulator to combine novel tools such as the endonasal wash and elaborate anatomic deformity with advanced performance metrics for ESS. (Am J Rhinol Allergy 28, 330–334, 2014; doi: 10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4046)

  • Development of the McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A new high-fidelity virtual reality simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rickul Varshney, Rolando Del Maestro, Nusrat Choudhury, Lily H.p. Nguyen, Meredith Young, Anthony Zeitouni, Marc A. Tewfik, J. Hovdebo, Saul Frenkiel, Patricia Debergue
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND: The technical challenges of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) and the high risk of complications support the development of alternative modalities to train residents in these procedures. Virtual reality simulation is becoming a useful tool for training the skills necessary for minimally invasive Surgery; however, there are currently no ESS virtual reality simulators available with valid evidence supporting their use in resident education. Our aim was to develop a new rhinology simulator, as well as to define potential performance metrics for trainee assessment. METHODS: The McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery (MSESS), a new Sinus Surgery virtual reality simulator with haptic feedback, was developed (a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Montreal Neurologic Institute Simulation Lab, and the National Research Council of Canada). A panel of experts in education, performance assessment, rhinology, and skull base Surgery convened to identify core technical abilities that would need to be taught by the simulator, as well as performance metrics to be developed and captured. RESULTS: The MSESS allows the user to perform basic Sinus Surgery skills, such as an ethmoidectomy and sphenoidotomy, through the use of endoscopic tools in a virtual nasal model. The performance metrics were developed by an expert panel and include measurements of safety, quality, and efficiency of the procedure. CONCLUSION: The MSESS incorporates novel technological advancements to create a realistic platform for trainees. To our knowledge, this is the first simulator to combine novel tools such as the endonasal wash and elaborate anatomic deformity with advanced performance metrics for ESS.

Rickul Varshney - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of the mcgill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery a new high fidelity virtual reality simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rickul Varshney, Lily H.p. Nguyen, Meredith Young, Anthony Zeitouni, Saul Frenkiel, Del Maestro R, Marc A. Tewfik
    Abstract:

    Background: The technical challenges of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) and the high risk of complications support the development of alternative modalities to train residents in these procedures. Virtual reality simulation is becoming a useful tool for training the skills necessary for minimally invasive Surgery; however, there are currently no ESS virtual reality simulators available with valid evidence supporting their use in resident education. Our aim was to develop a new rhinology simulator, as well as to define potential performance metrics for trainee assessment. Methods: The McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery (MSESS), a new Sinus Surgery virtual reality simulator with haptic feedback, was developed (a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the Montreal Neurologic Institute Simulation Lab, and the National Research Council of Canada). A panel of experts in education, performance assessment, rhinology, and skull base Surgery convened to identify core technical abilities that would need to be taught by the simulator, as well as performance metrics to be developed and captured. Results: The MSESS allows the user to perform basic Sinus Surgery skills, such as an ethmoidectomy and sphenoidotomy, through the use of endoscopic tools in a virtual nasal model. The performance metrics were developed by an expert panel and include measurements of safety, quality, and efficiency of the procedure. Conclusion: The MSESS incorporates novel technological advancements to create a realistic platform for trainees. To our knowledge, this is the first simulator to combine novel tools such as the endonasal wash and elaborate anatomic deformity with advanced performance metrics for ESS. (Am J Rhinol Allergy 28, 330–334, 2014; doi: 10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4046)

  • Development of the McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A new high-fidelity virtual reality simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rickul Varshney, Rolando Del Maestro, Nusrat Choudhury, Lily H.p. Nguyen, Meredith Young, Anthony Zeitouni, Marc A. Tewfik, J. Hovdebo, Saul Frenkiel, Patricia Debergue
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND: The technical challenges of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) and the high risk of complications support the development of alternative modalities to train residents in these procedures. Virtual reality simulation is becoming a useful tool for training the skills necessary for minimally invasive Surgery; however, there are currently no ESS virtual reality simulators available with valid evidence supporting their use in resident education. Our aim was to develop a new rhinology simulator, as well as to define potential performance metrics for trainee assessment. METHODS: The McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery (MSESS), a new Sinus Surgery virtual reality simulator with haptic feedback, was developed (a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Montreal Neurologic Institute Simulation Lab, and the National Research Council of Canada). A panel of experts in education, performance assessment, rhinology, and skull base Surgery convened to identify core technical abilities that would need to be taught by the simulator, as well as performance metrics to be developed and captured. RESULTS: The MSESS allows the user to perform basic Sinus Surgery skills, such as an ethmoidectomy and sphenoidotomy, through the use of endoscopic tools in a virtual nasal model. The performance metrics were developed by an expert panel and include measurements of safety, quality, and efficiency of the procedure. CONCLUSION: The MSESS incorporates novel technological advancements to create a realistic platform for trainees. To our knowledge, this is the first simulator to combine novel tools such as the endonasal wash and elaborate anatomic deformity with advanced performance metrics for ESS.

Ernesto Pasquini - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Traditional endonasal and microscopic Sinus Surgery complications versus endoscopic Sinus Surgery complications: a meta-analysis
    European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2012
    Co-Authors: Massimo Re, Humbert Massegur, Giuseppe Magliulo, Luigi Ferrante, Vittorio Sciarretta, Giovanni Farneti, Giovanni Macrì, Vito Mallardi, Ernesto Pasquini
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of complications of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) to the incidence of complications of traditional and microscopic Sinus Surgery. A meta-analysis was carried out on 28 series of patients (a total of 13,405) who had undergone ESS, 8 series of patients (3,887 in total) who had undergone traditional endonasal Sinus Surgery and 7 series of patients (1,630 in total) who had undergone microscopic Sinus Surgery. The authors used the Bayesian inference package WinBUGS operating from within the statistical computer program R (version 2.7.1). Major complications had a higher incidence after traditional Sinus Surgery than ESS but this fact did not cause a significant statistical difference, whereas microscopic Surgery had significantly more complications than ESS ( p  

  • Traditional endonasal and microscopic Sinus Surgery complications versus endoscopic Sinus Surgery complications: a meta-analysis.
    European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Massimo Re, Humbert Massegur, Giuseppe Magliulo, Luigi Ferrante, Vittorio Sciarretta, Giovanni Farneti, Giovanni Macrì, Vito Mallardi, Ernesto Pasquini
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of complications of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) to the incidence of complications of traditional and microscopic Sinus Surgery. A meta-analysis was carried out on 28 series of patients (a total of 13,405) who had undergone ESS, 8 series of patients (3,887 in total) who had undergone traditional endonasal Sinus Surgery and 7 series of patients (1,630 in total) who had undergone microscopic Sinus Surgery. The authors used the Bayesian inference package WinBUGS operating from within the statistical computer program R (version 2.7.1). Major complications had a higher incidence after traditional Sinus Surgery than ESS but this fact did not cause a significant statistical difference, whereas microscopic Surgery had significantly more complications than ESS (p \ 0.05). Carrying out our meta-analytic study, comparing major and minor complications of endonasal surgical approaches, was very difficult due to several methodological biases of data extraction and evaluation from studies concerning a broad timespan. Regarding major complications, we only found a significant statistical difference (p \ 0.05) between the endoscopic (1%) and the microscopic methods (2.0%), but, if we had analyzed the data considering the natural learning curve of the latest ESS surgical approach, and if we had not considered the results produced in the first 10 years (1988-1998) concerning ESS in our meta-analysis, we would have found a statistically significant difference (p \ 0.05) between the endoscopic (0.4%) and the tradi- tional (1.1%) approach as well.

Ulrich Ecke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Virtual reality: preparation and execution of Sinus Surgery.
    Computer Aided Surgery, 1998
    Co-Authors: Ulrich Ecke, Wolfgang Müller, Ludger Klimek, Rolf Ziegler, Wolf J. Mann
    Abstract:

    Endonasal Sinus Surgery requires a great deal of training before it can be performed adequately. Due to the complex and variable anatomy and the proximity of important structures, severe complications are possible, even for experienced surgeons. The nasal endoscopy simulator (NES) is an interactive training system for nasal endoscopy and endonasal Sinus Surgery that combines computer graphics and virtual reality (VR) techniques. This system consists of a graphics workstation, a tracking system for measuring the position of the endoscope and surgical instruments in space, a head model, image data sets of the nasal cavity and paranasal Sinus area, and complementary software. The current NES is a visual and auditory VR system that provides both educational and planning options for Sinus Surgery. The usual resistance when touching relevant anatomical structures is not provided by this release. Therefore, a “force feedback system” is implemented that allows for such a response. VR simulation will become an important part of surgical education and planning for individual Sinus Surgery procedures. The ongoing development of the NES will lead to an improved educational environment for residents in training and practioners. Comp Aid Surg 3:45–50 (1998). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

  • Virtual reality: Preparation and execution of Sinus Surgery
    Computer Aided Surgery, 1998
    Co-Authors: Ulrich Ecke, Wolfgang Müller, Ludger Klimek, Rolf Ziegler, Wolf Mann
    Abstract:

    Endonasal Sinus Surgery requires a great deal of training before it can be performed adequately. Due to the complex and variable anatomy and the proximity of important structures, severe complications are possible, even for experienced surgeons. The nasal endoscopy simulator (NES) is an interactive training system for nasal endoscopy and endonasal Sinus Surgery that combines computer graphics and virtual reality (VR) techniques. This system consists of a graphics workstation, a tracking system for measuring the position of the endoscope and surgical instruments in space, a head model, image data sets of the nasal cavity and paranasal Sinus area, and complementary software. The current NES is a visual and auditory VR system that provides both educational and planning options for Sinus Surgery. The usual resistance when touching relevant anatomical structures is not provided by this release. Therefore, a "force feedback system" is implemented that allows for such a response. VR simulation will become an important part of surgical education and planning for individual Sinus Surgery procedures. The ongoing development of the NES will lead to an improved educational environment for residents in training and practitioners.

Patricia Debergue - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Development of the McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A new high-fidelity virtual reality simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rickul Varshney, Rolando Del Maestro, Nusrat Choudhury, Lily H.p. Nguyen, Meredith Young, Anthony Zeitouni, Marc A. Tewfik, J. Hovdebo, Saul Frenkiel, Patricia Debergue
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND: The technical challenges of endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) and the high risk of complications support the development of alternative modalities to train residents in these procedures. Virtual reality simulation is becoming a useful tool for training the skills necessary for minimally invasive Surgery; however, there are currently no ESS virtual reality simulators available with valid evidence supporting their use in resident education. Our aim was to develop a new rhinology simulator, as well as to define potential performance metrics for trainee assessment. METHODS: The McGill simulator for endoscopic Sinus Surgery (MSESS), a new Sinus Surgery virtual reality simulator with haptic feedback, was developed (a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Montreal Neurologic Institute Simulation Lab, and the National Research Council of Canada). A panel of experts in education, performance assessment, rhinology, and skull base Surgery convened to identify core technical abilities that would need to be taught by the simulator, as well as performance metrics to be developed and captured. RESULTS: The MSESS allows the user to perform basic Sinus Surgery skills, such as an ethmoidectomy and sphenoidotomy, through the use of endoscopic tools in a virtual nasal model. The performance metrics were developed by an expert panel and include measurements of safety, quality, and efficiency of the procedure. CONCLUSION: The MSESS incorporates novel technological advancements to create a realistic platform for trainees. To our knowledge, this is the first simulator to combine novel tools such as the endonasal wash and elaborate anatomic deformity with advanced performance metrics for ESS.