Practical model for tenorrhaphy training

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

The training of residents in surgical specialties is a challenge, since psychomotor skills are eventually acquired and developed in vivo in the very first attempt. The simulation techniques through practical models allows the resident's prior training, so that motor skills can be enhanced and evaluated in vivo before surgery. In the context of Plastic Surgery, the repair of tendons, especially flexors, presents technical difficulties during the first attempts of the resident.

Objective:

The proposed model is designed for practicing tenorraphies, designed to be easy reproducibility and low cost.

Methods:

We used a simulator using fixed mount, PVC pipe, pig tendons of legs and elastic envisioned to mimic the natural tension exists in the flexor tendons.

Results:

The model was satisfactory in the intention of allowing the simulation of tenorraphies, due to the similarities between human and pig tendons, and conferred by the elastic tension.

Conclusions:

The model provided adequate training of motor skills in tendon sutures. This is an interesting option to be used in the early learning curve.

Keywords:
Sutures; Training; Simulation; Tendons