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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
Recent technical development has led to remarkable performances in video-guided surgical procedures. A video-endoscopic system (VES) is evaluated as an alternative magnifying solution for microsurgical procedures and compared to table-top microscopes in terms of technical and surgical aspects. Six surgical residents without microsurgical experience, alternating both systems, performed each 12 aortic end-to-end anastomoses on Sprague-Dawley rats using the triangulation technique. All anastomoses underwent quality review, total and single suture time, suture spacing, vessel bite, vessel overlapping and wall penetration were evaluated and graded. Overall anastomosis quality score was 52.28 (out of a maximum of 140) using the microscope and 42.7 using the VES. Despite significant differences in total anastomosis time, the learning curves are similar for the two systems and no major differences were noted in terms of overall anastomosis quality. Video-assisted microsurgery can become a useful instrument for microsurgery training.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0738-1085
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
446-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Video-assisted versus conventional microsurgical training: a comparative study in the rat model.
pubmed:affiliation
1st Department of Surgery, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study