Surgical care in Pakistan is very scarce due the less number of hospitals and surgeons and the high number of post-operative complications. Minimally-Invasive-Surgery (MIS) facilitates quick recovery and reduces post-operative infections. However, it requires special skills, like expert hand-eye coordination and precise movement of instruments. These psychomotor skills can be acquired after rigorous training. Various simulators have been developed for MIS training but their licenses are very costly, making them unaffordable for developing nations like Pakistan. In order to overcome this issue, we have developed a cost-effective simulator SmartSIM, which has been successfully used to train hundreds of surgeons.

http://smartsurgisol.seecs.nust.edu.pk/smart-sim/

• Pakistan