TY - JOUR
T1 - Simulating aortic root replacement for a surgical wet laboratory in a resource-limited setting
T2 - an economical innovation
AU - Kamal, Mian Mustafa
AU - Sohail, Abdul Ahad
AU - Qureshi, Neelam Jawed
AU - Ullah, Haseeb
AU - Shahabuddin, Syed
AU - Kamal, Mian Yasir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Traditional cardiac surgery residency programs rely mainly on teaching surgical skills in the operating room. The increasing complexity of cardiac surgical operations on high-risk patients and the time constraints placed on residents in this surgical discipline negatively impact the learning opportunities for those residents. Simulation models, though efficient, are very expensive. In Third World Countries, they are unavailable for trainees due to financial constraints. We have introduced an innovative and cost-effective way of simulating aortic root replacement in a wet laboratory by applying a hand-made valve conduit or 'pencil conduit' to a bovine heart. It is reproducible, easy to assemble, cost-effective and simple to use. It can help develop and enhance the surgical skills of residents and junior surgeons for this advanced operation, which requires a meticulous surgical technique performed within a limited time frame.
AB - Traditional cardiac surgery residency programs rely mainly on teaching surgical skills in the operating room. The increasing complexity of cardiac surgical operations on high-risk patients and the time constraints placed on residents in this surgical discipline negatively impact the learning opportunities for those residents. Simulation models, though efficient, are very expensive. In Third World Countries, they are unavailable for trainees due to financial constraints. We have introduced an innovative and cost-effective way of simulating aortic root replacement in a wet laboratory by applying a hand-made valve conduit or 'pencil conduit' to a bovine heart. It is reproducible, easy to assemble, cost-effective and simple to use. It can help develop and enhance the surgical skills of residents and junior surgeons for this advanced operation, which requires a meticulous surgical technique performed within a limited time frame.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182346159&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/icvts/ivad167
DO - 10.1093/icvts/ivad167
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85182346159
SN - 1569-9285
VL - 37
JO - Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
JF - Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
IS - 4
M1 - ivad167
ER -