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Surgery teaching and training tool

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MSc in Advanced Computer Science
Mathematics and Computer Science, Part C
Computer Science and Philosophy, Part C
Computer Science, Part B
Computer Science, Part C

Abstract

Knee replacement surgery involves a precise series of steps that a surgeon needs to follow. Trainee surgeons have traditionally mastered these steps by learning from textbooks or experienced colleagues. Surgeons at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) in Oxford have been working on a standardised method to help trainees internalise the sequence of events in an operation. It is proposed to construct a computer-based tool which would help with this goal. Apart from the choice of tools and materials, the tool would also feature a virtual model of the knee. The graphical user interface will present a 3D model of a generic knee to be operated, and would have the ability for the user to make cuts necessary to the knee replacement procedure. There would be pre-defined parameters regarding the type and depth of each cut, and an evaluation tool on how the virtual cuts compared against the parameters.

The project goals are quite extensive and so this would be suitable for an experienced programmer.

This project is co-supervised by Professor David Murray MA, MD, FRCS (Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), and by Mr Hemant Pandit MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), FRCS (Orth), DPhil (Oxon)Orthopaedic Surgeon / Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre (OOEC), NDORMS.