Key result
Novel pulsatile tissue model enables vascular surgery simulation across three resident training stations.
Why the study?
Simulation in surgery is becoming an important component of surgical education and training on bench top models has been demonstrated to improve technical skills.
A new pulsatile, tissue-based vascular surgery simulation model was developed for resident training, though its intermodal transferability remains to be tested.
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Enables low-risk vascular simulation training for residents; leaves open transferability to clinical performance.
Simulation in surgery is becoming an important component of surgical education. Training on bench top models has been demonstrated to improve technical skills. The objective of our project was to create a vascular surgery simulation model. The simulation model consists of a platform, artificial blood reservoir, artificial blood, inflow and outflow limbs, electric motor, battery, pulse generator, and cryopreserved vessel. Three different vascular surgery simulation stations were created: carotid endarterectomy with shunting and patch angioplasty, arterial bypass, and arteriovenous graft formation. A scientific study involving surgical residents will need to be undertaken to determine whether this simulator has intermodal transferability.
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Fletcher et al. (2017) studied Vascular surgery training. Vascular surgery simulation model was evaluated on Creation of a vascular surgery simulation model. A pulsatile, tissue-based vascular surgery simulation model was developed with three stations for resident training, requiring future studies to determine intermodal transferability.
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