Split and join: An efficient approach for simulating stapled intestinal anastomosis in virtual reality

Colorectal cancer is a life-threatening disease. It the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in United States. Stapled anastomosis rapid treatment for colorectal and other intestinal diseases has become an integral part routine surgical practice. However, to best our knowledge, there no existing work simulating that often involves sophisticated soft tissue manipulations such as cutting stitching. In this paper, first time, we propose novel split join approach simulate side-to-side stapled virtual reality. We mimic intestine model using new hybrid representation—a grid-linked particles physics simulation surface mesh rendering. The proposed operations handle updates both during procedure. results demonstrate feasibility models operation.