An alternative experimental model for training in microsurgery.
OBJECTIVE
to describe a new model of training in microsurgery with pig spleen after splenectomy performed by undergraduate students of the Discipline of Operative Technique of the UFPR Medical School.


METHODS
after the completion of splenectomy we performed dissection of the vascular pedicle, distal and proximal to the ligation performed for removal of the spleen. After complete dissection of the splenic artery and vein with microscope, clamps were placed and the vessels were cut. We then made the anastomosis of the vessels with 9.0 nylon.


RESULTS
the microsurgical training with a well-defined routine, qualified supervision and using low cost experimental materials proved to be effective in the practice of initial microvascular surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
the use of pig spleen, which would be discarded after splenectomy, is an excellent model for microsurgical training, since besides having the consistency and sensitivity of a real model, it saves the sacrifice of a new animal model in the initial learning phase of this technique.
Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Ivan
I
Maluf Junior
Department of Surgery, Federal University of Paraná.
Alfredo Benjamin Duarte
AB
da Silva
Department of Surgery, Federal University of Paraná.
Anne Karoline
AK
Groth
Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Marlon Augusto Camara
MA
Lopes
Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Adriana Sayuri
AS
Kurogi
Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Renato da Silva
Rda S
Freitas
Erastus Gaertner Hospital, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Flávio Daniel Saavedra
FD
Tomasich
D000818:Animals; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000193:education*; D023421:Models, Animal; D013154:Spleen / Q000601:surgery; D013552:Swine