VR Application for Appendectomy Surgery Training

Authors

  • Kholoud Bahashwan
  • Shahad Alnasser
  • Rabea F. Kurdi

Abstract

Currently, Virtual Reality (VR) has been used in various areas such as entertainment, research, military training, medical training, etc. Also, people realize that VR could help in education. The trainer can have full interaction within an environment that VR provide it as a summation. VR gives an area to practice surgery that cost much less, and it is environmentally safe. This study aim to improve the healthcare in Saudi Arabia by enhances the student Appendectomy surgery skill in a 3D environment in King Abdul-Aziz University. This study encourages student’s performance and skills that lead to decrease time of surgery and risk.

Keywords: Virtual reality, Healthcare, Surgical training, Appendectomy surgery, Appendix

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Published

2019-12-19

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