From: Impact of mental imagery on enhancing surgical skills learning in novice’s surgeons: a pilot study
Study | Population | Surgical skills | Findings |
---|---|---|---|
Jungmann et al. 2011 [37] | 40 medical students | Laparoscopic knots | NS |
Donnon et al. 2005 [40] | 42 medical students | Laparoscopic suture | NS |
Mulla et al. 2012 [38] | 41 medical students | cutting a circle ON pelvi-trainer | NS |
Immenroth et al. 2007 [33] | 98 novices surgeons | LC | S |
Komesu et al. 2009 [41] | 64 novices surgeons | Cystoscopy | S |
Arora et al. 2011 [35] | 18 novice et expert surgeons | VR LC | S |
Vignes et al 2013 [44] | 40 medical students | Surgical hand-washing | S |
Sanders et al. 2008 [34] | 65 medical students | Suture on pigs’ feet | S |
Arora et al. 2010 [35] | 20 novice’s surgeons | LC | S |
Eldred-evans et al. 2013 [39] | 64 medical students | cutting a circle drawn on stretchable material | S |
Arora et al. 2011(b) [36] | 18 novices surgeons | Surgical stress | IM decreases surgical stress |
Conlin et al. 2016 [45] | 13 ORL residents | mastodectomy | NS |
Saab et al. 2017 [46] | 20 surgeons | Abdominal hysterectomy | S |
Geoffrion et al. (2012) [47] | Junior gynecology resident | Vaginal hysterectomy | NS |
Louridas et al. (2015) [48] | Senior surgical trainees | Procine laparoscopic jejunostomy | S |