Open AccessVisualization Improves Supraclavicular Access to the Subclavian Vein in a Mixed Reality Simulator
Author(s) -
Joshua W. Sappenfield,
William Brit Smith,
Lou Ann Cooper,
David Lizdas,
D. Gonsálves,
Nikolaus Gravenstein,
Samsun Lampotang,
Albert R. Robinson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000002572
Subject(s) - visualization , medicine , subclavian vein , virtual reality , medical physics , anesthesiology , axillary vein , radiology , simulation , computer science , surgery , artificial intelligence , anesthesia , catheter , thrombosis
We investigated whether visual augmentation (3D, real-time, color visualization) of a procedural simulator improved performance during training in the supraclavicular approach to the subclavian vein, not as widely known or used as its infraclavicular counterpart.