The Development of a Benchtop Breast Reconstruction Surgical Simulator
| Autor: | Mirko S. Gilardino, Roy Kazan, Thomas M. Hemmerling, Shantale Cyr, Alex Viezel-Mathieu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Canada
medicine.medical_specialty Computer science Breast Implants Mammaplasty medicine.medical_treatment Internship and Residency Breast Neoplasms Survey result 030230 surgery 03 medical and health sciences Plastic surgery 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Humans Female Medical physics Surgical simulator Surgery Plastic Breast reconstruction Simulation Training Mastectomy |
| Zdroj: | EMBC |
| Popis: | A modified Delphi technique was used to survey plastics surgeons with an expertise in breast reconstruction from 6 university centers with plastic surgery residency programs across Canada. A list of the most challenging steps in teaching alloplastic breast reconstruction was obtained. From the survey results, a benchtop post-mastectomy breast reconstruction simulator was created using various silicon materials. The simulator was designed to be completely reusable with no disposable components necessary for each use. Senior plastic surgeons (n= 6) with an expertise in breast reconstruction were recruited and asked to perform a sub-pectoral, implant-based breast reconstruction on the simulator. Following the procedure, participants were asked to complete a survey and grade the simulator on its physical attributes, realism of experience, realism of material and overall experience.Preliminary face and content validation results based on the evaluations performed by those expert plastic surgeons showed excellent results among parameters evaluated, with an overall mean score of 4.7 on 5 (94.0%). Evaluators considered the six relevant anatomical components that were successfully included in the simulator. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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