A prospective, randomized, controlled study designed to assess whether digital virtual reality (VR) models, created from existing CT scans and MRIs, provide surgeons with an improved understanding of their patients' anatomy, resulting in more efficient operations (robotic prostatectomy) and improved patient care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
28
VR models generated using Ceevra Reveal are viewed by surgeons in connection with the case in addition to source CT/MR image.
UNC Hospital
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Total operative time
Time frame: During procedure, not to exceed 12 hours
Blood loss (measured in cubic centimeters)
Time frame: Measured at end of procedure, not to exceed 12 hours
Intraoperative conversion from robotic assisted laparoscopic procedure to open procedure
Time frame: During procedure, not to exceed 12 hours
Intraoperative complication
Time frame: During procedure, not to exceed 12 hours
Patient hospital stay
Time frame: Measured at time of patient discharge, up to 10 days
Positive tumor margin (assessed via standard post-operative biopsy)
Time frame: Measured 1-2 weeks after discharge
Postoperative Gleason Score
Time frame: Measured up to 3 months after discharge
Postoperative oncologic stage (T stage)
Time frame: Measured up to 3 months after discharge
Readmission
Time frame: Measured up to 6 months after discharge
Postoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
Time frame: Measured up to 12 months after disccharge
Postoperative erectile function
Time frame: Measured via survey up to 18 months after discharge
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Postoperative continence
Time frame: Measured via survey up to 18 months after discharge