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Millimetric laparoscopic surgery training on a physical trainer using rats

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Abstract

Purpose

To demonstrate the possibility of laparoscopic technique training and refinement at the millimetric level.

Material and 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.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. Ismael Jiménez of the Physiology Department of the CINVESTAV for his valuable comments and the facilities he provided to test the training system.

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  1. 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

    Arturo Minor Martinez & Daniel Lorias Espinoza

  2. Departamento de Cirugía, Centro Médico, American–British Cowdray Medical Center, I.A.P. (ABC), Sur 136 No. 116 Col, Las América, 01120, México, D.F.

    Alberto Chouleb Kalach

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Martinez, A.M., Kalach, A.C. & Espinoza, D.L. Millimetric laparoscopic surgery training on a physical trainer using rats. Surg Endosc 22, 246–249 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-007-9658-1

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