Microsurgery Workout: A Novel Simulation Training Curriculum Based on Nonliving Models
Validation study published in Plast Reconstr Surg (2016)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Currently, there are no valid training programs based solely on nonliving models. The authors aimed to develop and validate a microsurgery training program based on nonliving models and assess the transfer of skills to a live rat model. METHODS: Postgraduate year-3 general surgery residents were assessed in a 17-session program, performing arterial and venous end-to-end anastomosis on ex vivo chicken models. Procedures were recorded and rated by two blinded experts using validated global and specific scales (objective structured assessment of technical skills) and a validated checklist. Operating times and patency rates were assessed. Hand-motion analysis was used to measure economy of movements. After training, residents performed an arterial and venous end-to-end anastomosis on live rats. Results were compared to six experienced surgeons in the same models. Values of p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Learning curves were achieved. Ten residents improved their median global and specific objective structured assessment of technical skills scores for artery [10 (range, 8 to 10) versus 28 (range, 27 to 29), p < 0.05; and 8 (range, 7 to 9) versus 28 (range, 27 to 28), p < 0.05] and vein [8 (range, 8 to 11) versus 28 (range, 27 to 28), p < 0.05; and 8 (range, 7 to 9) versus 28 (range, 27 to 29), p < 0.05]. Checklist scores also improved for both procedures (p < 0.05). Trainees were slower and less efficient than experienced surgeons (p < 0.05). In the living rat, patency rates at 30 minutes were 100 percent and 50 percent for artery and vein, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Significant acquisition of microsurgical skills was achieved by trainees to a level similar to that of experienced surgeons. Acquired skills were transferred to a more complex live model.
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Resumen
17-session microsurgery training on chicken models significantly improved SAMS scores in 10 residents to expert levels, with successful transfer to live rat model.
Por qué esto importa para la hirudoterapia
El resumen describe un programa de entrenamiento en microcirugía para residentes de cirugía general de tercer año de posgrado, utilizando modelos ex vivo de pollo, evaluando anastomosis arteriales y venosas término-terminales mediante escalas validadas, listas de verificación, tiempos operatorios, tasas de permeabilidad y análisis de movimientos de la mano, con pruebas posteriores de transferencia de habilidades a un modelo en rata viva. Diez residentes mostraron mejoría significativa en múltiples métricas, aunque permanecieron más lentos y menos eficientes que los cirujanos experimentados; en el modelo en rata viva, las tasas de permeabilidad a los 30 minutos fueron del 100 % para la arteria y del 50 % para la vena. Este artículo no contiene contenido sobre sanguijuelas, terapia con sanguijuelas ni el secretoma de la sanguijuela, y no tiene relevancia defendible para el ámbito de ASH.
Citación
Microsurgery Workout: A Novel Simulation Training Curriculum Based on Nonliving Models.
Rodriguez JR et al. · Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2016
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