A simple training model for coronary artery anastomoses.
To provide supplementary training for trainee cardiac surgeons, a simple method is required to simulate coronary anastomoses. By stretching 2 gloves over a towel, a model can be made that can be used to simulate a small coronary arteriotomy (including anterior and posterior walls). The graft can also be simulated using the fingers of the gloves.
Tokuda
Yoshiyuki
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Tajimi, Gifu, Japan. tokuda@mxb.mesh.ne.jp
Song
Min-Ho
MH
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*