title: Use your phone to build a simple laparoscopic trainer.
abstract: Simulation is becoming increasingly integral to surgical training with progressive restrictions on working hours. This paper describes a unique, cable free, laparoscopic trainer that can be constructed using items readily available to the average surgical trainee. The trainer described is not a substitute for surgical practice but, nonetheless, a useful tool in developing skills such as hand-eye co-ordination, triangulation and depth queuing.
authors.affiliation: Foundation Doctor, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Duren
authors.affiliation: Core surgical trainee, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Boxel
keywords: Cable free; home built; laparoscopic trainer; simple; surgical training