Millimetric laparoscopic surgery training on a physical trainer using rats.
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the possibility of laparoscopic technique training and refinement at the millimetric level.


METHODS
A physical trainer and Winstar rats were used.


RESULTS
The training system is visually similar to pneumoperitoneum. The laparoscopic technique is perfected in a visual space illuminated by white light, with two-dimensional feedback and at a geometric level that allows for refinement of the technique.


CONCLUSIONS
It is possible to refine the technique at this geometric level at a low cost and without requiring laparoscopic equipment. In addition, optics tests indicate the possibility in the short term of refining the laparoscopic technique to the microanastomotic level.
Martinez
Arturo Minor
AM
Departamento Eléctrica, Sección Bioelectrónica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 Col, San Pedro Zacatenco, N 2508, D.F., CP 07360, México.
Kalach
Alberto Chouleb
AC
Espinoza
Daniel Lorias
DL
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D008904:Miniaturization; D023421:Models, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity