HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations
Surgery is a craft that has been handed down in a master–apprentice manner via supervised surgeries that demonstrates the need for high-quality training simulators. Despite advancements in this area, little progress has been made for one of the most common surgeries: total hip arthroplasty (THA). In...
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| author | Mario Lorenz Mario Lorenz Mario Lorenz Sebastian Knopp Nina Pillen Magdalena Sanrow Andrea Hoffmann Viktoria Stoiser Dennis Schmidt Johannes P. G. Atze André Dettmann Angelika C. Bullinger Dirk Zajonz Dirk Zajonz |
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| description | Surgery is a craft that has been handed down in a master–apprentice manner via supervised surgeries that demonstrates the need for high-quality training simulators. Despite advancements in this area, little progress has been made for one of the most common surgeries: total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this work, we describe a multiuser virtual reality training simulator for THA called HIPS that covers the surgical steps from cutting off the femoral head to insertion of the stem. This encompasses the simulation environment, surgical errors detected, multiuser capabilities, as well as user guidance and user feedback methods. In a mixed-method evaluation (N = 12), HIPS was deemed to be realistic, enjoyable, and needed in resident training. The qualitative evaluation methods used herein reveal valuable feedback for further improvements and important learnings for general assessment of surgical training simulators. The variations in surgical techniques need to be evaluated further at different hospitals in different countries along with high-quality simulations of all sensory cues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99edcaa8ff244c19beefc3154a3c6a582025-08-20T03:25:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Virtual Reality2673-41922025-07-01610.3389/frvir.2025.16201351620135HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulationsMario Lorenz0Mario Lorenz1Mario Lorenz2Sebastian Knopp3Nina Pillen4Magdalena Sanrow5Andrea Hoffmann6Viktoria Stoiser7Dennis Schmidt8Johannes P. G. Atze9André Dettmann10Angelika C. Bullinger11Dirk Zajonz12Dirk Zajonz13Professorship for Production Systems and Processes, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, GermanyDepartment of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyDivision of Macroscopic and Clinical Anatomy, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaProfessorship for Production Systems and Processes, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, GermanyYOUSE GmbH, Berlin, GermanyYOUSE GmbH, Berlin, GermanyChair for Ergonomics and Innovation, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, GermanyFAKT Software GmbH, Leipzig, GermanyFAKT Software GmbH, Leipzig, GermanyCAT PRODUCTION GmbH, München, GermanyChair for Ergonomics and Innovation, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, GermanyChair for Ergonomics and Innovation, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, GermanyClinic for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Zeisigwaldkliniken Bethanien Chemnitz, Chemnitz, GermanyUniversity of Cooperative Education Plauen, Plauen, GermanySurgery is a craft that has been handed down in a master–apprentice manner via supervised surgeries that demonstrates the need for high-quality training simulators. Despite advancements in this area, little progress has been made for one of the most common surgeries: total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this work, we describe a multiuser virtual reality training simulator for THA called HIPS that covers the surgical steps from cutting off the femoral head to insertion of the stem. This encompasses the simulation environment, surgical errors detected, multiuser capabilities, as well as user guidance and user feedback methods. In a mixed-method evaluation (N = 12), HIPS was deemed to be realistic, enjoyable, and needed in resident training. The qualitative evaluation methods used herein reveal valuable feedback for further improvements and important learnings for general assessment of surgical training simulators. The variations in surgical techniques need to be evaluated further at different hospitals in different countries along with high-quality simulations of all sensory cues.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2025.1620135/fullvirtual realitytotal hip arthroplastytrainingqualitative assessmentsurgeryhip joint |
| spellingShingle | Mario Lorenz Mario Lorenz Mario Lorenz Sebastian Knopp Nina Pillen Magdalena Sanrow Andrea Hoffmann Viktoria Stoiser Dennis Schmidt Johannes P. G. Atze André Dettmann Angelika C. Bullinger Dirk Zajonz Dirk Zajonz HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations Frontiers in Virtual Reality virtual reality total hip arthroplasty training qualitative assessment surgery hip joint |
| title | HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| title_full | HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| title_fullStr | HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| title_full_unstemmed | HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| title_short | HIPS: evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| title_sort | hips evaluating a virtual reality training simulation for total hip arthroplasty tha and insights into qualitative assessment of surgical training simulations |
| topic | virtual reality total hip arthroplasty training qualitative assessment surgery hip joint |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2025.1620135/full |
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