Dental rolls: a suitable model for practising tendon repair techniques.
Surgical training has changed significantly in the United Kingdom in last decade. A simulator for practising various tendon repairing techniques is presented. It has been designed for the use of junior trainees in Hand surgery dealing with the routine hand trauma cases and can be assembled quickly and cheaply.
Tare
Makarand
M
Department of Plastic Surgery, St. Andrews Centre, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK. mtare@hotmail.com
D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000193:education*; D013630:Tampons, Surgical; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*