title: The chicken aorta as a simulation-training model for microvascular surgery training.
abstract: As a technically demanding skill, microsurgery is taught in the lab, in the form of a course of variable length (depending on the centre). Microsurgical training courses usually use a mixture of non-living and live animal simulation models. In the literature, a plethora of microsurgical training models have been described, ranging from low to high fidelity models. Given the high costs associated with live animal models, cheaper alternatives are coming into vogue. In this paper we describe the use of the chicken aorta as a simple and cost effective low fidelity microsurgical simulation model for training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Savitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Christopher Hoe-Kong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chui
authors.forename: Bien-Keem
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Tan
keywords: Animal experimentation; Education; Microsurgery; Models, animal
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