New Score Can Tell Surgeons How They Preform on The da Vinci(R) Robot

Jan. 22, 2012 -- A new assessment system has been developed by a team of researchers to more reliably predict whether surgeons are ready to operate on patients using the da Vinci robot. The new technology, called MScore, provides more precise analysis of actual surgical performance, which has been shown to be difficult to accomplish using common training approaches.

Prior to the introduction of da Vinci simulation training, the only option for most robotic surgeons was to learn on patients, animals and simple plastic models. Such training methods rely on a subjective assessment from proctors rather than precise measurement of movement and actions.