Microsurgical training model with nonliving swine head. Alternative for neurosurgical education

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Lucas Alves Aurich¹  Luis Fernando Moura Da Silva Junior¹  Felipe Marques Do Rego Monteiro¹  Alexandre Nascimento Ottoni¹  Gustavo Simiano Jung¹  Ricardo Ramina¹ 

关键词: Neurosurgery;    Microsurgery;    Training;    Models;    Anatomic;    Swine;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-86502014000600010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: This paper proposes a practical model of microneurosurgical training using a nonliving swine head. METHODS: Fresh porcine heads were obtained from butchery and dissected at our Laboratory of Microsurgery. Brain and skull base surgery were trained under microscopic magnification. RESULTS: Several neurosurgical procedures could be simulated in the nonliving pig model, including transcallosal approach to the lateral ventricle, lateral sulcus and middle fossa dissection, and posterior fossa surgery. CONCLUSION: The swine model perfectly simulates standard microneurosurgical procedures, and is a useful tool for developing and refining surgical skills.

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