New experimental model for training in videosurgery

Abstract

PURPOSE:To develop a new experimental model of lower cost for training in videosurgery. METHODS: This project was performed at the Nucleus of Experimental Surgery of the Bahiana School of Medicine and PublicHealth, based on previous models described in the literature and under the supervision of the full professor of Operative Technique and Experimental Surgery II. It was made a model cube-shaped, made of wood, with holes distributed in various locations, rubber stoppers for the holes and lined externally with carpet, and internally with laminate. RESULTS:The new experimental model is of low cost and reproduces quite faithfully several videosurgical procedures. CONCLUSION:Medical schools interested in the subject may adopt the new model for training in videosurgery without the need of high costs for making and using these models.

Experience report on teaching surgical technique without animal use

“…The black box model developed by EBMSP academics simulates an abdomen in a pneumoperitoneum, allowing training on a bidimensional vision in a monitor without the perception of depth, improving coordination abilities at using the laparoscopic surgical tweezers, and camera control by the auxiliary. The model has a low cost and it can play back the images and movements similar to those performed on videosurgeries 3 .…”

“…Internal The black box used by the students on the learning of videosurgery requires 3.6 hours for its assembly, with a meantime of seven minutes to prepare it for the practical experiments 3 . Tables 2 and 3 estimate global costs for obtainment of the models, based on popular market prices, which are of: $ 6.00 per kilogram for the swine belly; $ 27.2 for the Bahiana box (Table 2); $100.00 for the black box (Table 3).…”

Device model for training of laparoscopic surgical skills

“…On the front side there are a rectangular opening (6) and a perpendicular support (7) for accommodating tablets and the like, to capture images and indirect Although there are other inexpensive devices as an alternative to more sophisticated simulators used in large training centers [8][9][10][11] , we believe such devices have some limitations: they are usually made as heavy containers with large size, rendering transport and mobility difficult; they often require an interior light source, generated by another device or an external light nearby, hampering portability; furthermore, in most cases they require the use of trocars for manipulation of laparoscopic instruments.…”