The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills

OBJECTIVE: Training models are required to impart surgical skills, like wound closure techniques, prior to practice in patients. In an ideal case, the tissue characteristics of the model are close to those of humans, easy to create and of low cost. METHODS: Here, we describe a model to train student...

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Autores principales: Khalil, PN, Siebeck, M, Mutschler, W, Kanz, K-G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19748855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-14-10-459
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description OBJECTIVE: Training models are required to impart surgical skills, like wound closure techniques, prior to practice in patients. In an ideal case, the tissue characteristics of the model are close to those of humans, easy to create and of low cost. METHODS: Here, we describe a model to train students in wound closure technique using conventional chicken legs obtained from the supermarket. RESULTS: The described model has good tissue characteristics, does not require any lavish preparation and is of minimal cost (0.62 Euro or 0.78 USD). CONCLUSIONS: Chicken legs appear to be an appropriate tool for teaching wound closure techniques.
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spelling pubmed-33522312012-05-16 The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills Khalil, PN Siebeck, M Mutschler, W Kanz, K-G Eur J Med Res Research OBJECTIVE: Training models are required to impart surgical skills, like wound closure techniques, prior to practice in patients. In an ideal case, the tissue characteristics of the model are close to those of humans, easy to create and of low cost. METHODS: Here, we describe a model to train students in wound closure technique using conventional chicken legs obtained from the supermarket. RESULTS: The described model has good tissue characteristics, does not require any lavish preparation and is of minimal cost (0.62 Euro or 0.78 USD). CONCLUSIONS: Chicken legs appear to be an appropriate tool for teaching wound closure techniques. BioMed Central 2009-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3352231/ /pubmed/19748855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-14-10-459 Text en Copyright ©2009 I. Holzapfel Publishers
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