SimLife®: A New Dynamic Model for Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Simulation

Rullière, Anne; Danion, Jérôme; Fieux, Maxime; Tonnerre, Denis; Faure, Jean‐Pierre; Legré, Margaux; Favier, Valentin; Oriot, Denis; Dufour, Xavier; Carsuzaa, Florent

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“…Clearly this is an area of interest for training centers, as is evident from the numerous publications and different approaches to developing these simulators. Recent articles have proposed revascularization of cadaveric models to further improve realism in surgical dissection with impressive face and content validity [28]. Other articles have reviewed the use of animal models, virtual reality and augmented reality approaches for head and neck and microsurgical training [29,30].…”

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Evaluation of a 3D Printed Silicone Oral Cavity Cancer Model for Surgical Simulations

Eu,

Daly,

Taboni

et al. 2024

JPM

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Adequate surgical margins are essential in oral cancer treatment, this is, however, difficult to appreciate during training. With advances in training aids, we propose a silicone-based surgical simulator to improve training proficiency for the ablation of oral cavity cancers. A silicone-based tongue cancer model constructed via a 3D mold was compared to a porcine tongue model used as a training model. Participants of varying surgical experience were then asked to resect the tumors with clear margins, and thereafter asked to fill out a questionnaire to evaluate the face and content validity of the models as a training tool. Eleven participants from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery unit were included in this pilot study. In comparison to the porcine model, the silicone model attained a higher face (4 vs. 3.6) and content validity (4.4 vs. 4.1). Tumor consistency was far superior in the silicone model compared to the porcine model (4.1 vs. 2.8, p = 0.0042). Fellows and staff demonstrated a better margin clearance compared to residents (median 3.5 mm vs. 1.0 mm), and unlike the resident group, there was no incidence of positive margins. The surgical simulation was overall useful for trainees to appreciate the nature of margin clearance in oral cavity cancer ablation.

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Evaluation of a 3D Printed Silicone Oral Cavity Cancer Model for Surgical Simulations

Eu,

Daly,

Taboni

et al. 2024

JPM

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Assessment of Surgical Competences for Neck Dissection and Total Laryngectomy on Revascularized Cadaver Models: Onco-Neck-Score and Onco-Larynx-Score

Rullière,

Danion,

Dufour

et al. 2024

Surg Innov

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Background In surgical simulation, evaluation tools are necessary to allow the overall and specific level of each gesture to be assessed for learners, to allow active feedback and follow-up. The aim of this study was to create and validate a scale for the assessment of competences for neck dissection (ND) and total laryngectomy (TL) in head and neck surgical oncology simulation specific for revascularized cadavers’ models. Methods Two independent scales were created for ND and TL based on a two-round Delphi method. The scales were used during ND and TL simulation sessions on SimLife® (Symedis, Poitiers, France) model. Surgical steps were scored by 2 independent observers. To assess its ease of use, a questionnaire was answered by senior surgeons (SS) at the end of the sessions. Results Fifteen items were included in the final version for ND scale and 20 for TL scale. The results of 14 lateral ND and 8 TL were included. The mean score was higher for SS (69 ± 6.4; 87.5 ± 8.5) than for residents (36.5 ± 11; 57.5 ± 13.2) for ND ( P = 0.0006) and TL ( P = 0.028) respectively. Six SS strongly agreed that this tool had a positive impact on resident training with stepwise feedback and accurately represented their competences. Conclusion We developed a pedagogic tool built to assess surgical competence for head and neck surgical oncology on revascularized cadaver models. This tool has a good construct validity thanks to the expert reviewing with Delphi method and appears to have fine acceptability by the SS.

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SimLife®: A New Dynamic Model for Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Simulation

Cited by 2 publications

References 26 publications

Evaluation of a 3D Printed Silicone Oral Cavity Cancer Model for Surgical Simulations

Evaluation of a 3D Printed Silicone Oral Cavity Cancer Model for Surgical Simulations

Assessment of Surgical Competences for Neck Dissection and Total Laryngectomy on Revascularized Cadaver Models: Onco-Neck-Score and Onco-Larynx-Score

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