Telepresence: teleproctored surgery

Author

Burgess, Lawrence P A ; Kuyn, T.K. ; Holtel, Michael R. ; Peters, Leslie J. ; Birkmire-Peters, Deborah P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Surg., Tripler Army Med. Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

331

Abstract

Teleproctoring provides guidance and support to distant colleagues while performing operative techniques. We present a study to assess the reliability of teleproctored surgery and to develop standards and guidelines for future teleproctored procedures. Endoscopic sinus surgery is performed with conventional proctoring and teleproctoring in a residency program, and the results are compared. The severity of diseases is controlled and usability issues and clinical outcomes are compared between groups. Our preliminary results indicate equal operative times and no increase in complications

Keywords

biomedical education; diseases; reliability; surgery; telemedicine; training; clinical outcomes; disease severity control; endoscopic sinus surgery; medical complications; operative times; performing operative techniques; reliability assessment; residency programme; telepresence; teleproctoring; usability; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Diseases; Guidelines; Microphones; Minimally invasive surgery; Standards development; Surges; Usability; Video recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Technology Symposium, 1998. Proceedings. Pacific

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8667-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACMED.1998.769949

Filename

769949