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A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination
BACKGROUND: Pelvic palpation is a core component of every Gynecologic examination. It requires vigorous training, which is difficult due to its intimate nature, leading to a need of simulation. Up until now, there are mainly models available for mere palpation which do not offer adequate visualizati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9069962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35511353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41205-022-00139-7 |
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author | Kiesel, Matthias Beyers, Inga Kalisz, Adam Joukhadar, Ralf Wöckel, Achim Herbert, Saskia-Laureen Curtaz, Carolin Wulff, Christine |
author_facet | Kiesel, Matthias Beyers, Inga Kalisz, Adam Joukhadar, Ralf Wöckel, Achim Herbert, Saskia-Laureen Curtaz, Carolin Wulff, Christine |
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description | BACKGROUND: Pelvic palpation is a core component of every Gynecologic examination. It requires vigorous training, which is difficult due to its intimate nature, leading to a need of simulation. Up until now, there are mainly models available for mere palpation which do not offer adequate visualization of the concerning anatomical structures. In this study we present a 3D printed model of the female pelvis. It can improve both the practical teaching of gynecological pelvic examination for health care professionals and the spatial understanding of the relevant anatomy. METHODS: We developed a virtual, simplified model showing selected parts of the female pelvis. 3D printing was used to create a physical model. RESULTS: The life-size 3D printed model has the ability of being physically assembled step by step by its users. Consequently, it improves teaching especially when combining it with commercial phantoms, which are built solely for palpation training. This is achieved by correlating haptic and visual sensations with the resulting feedback received. CONCLUSION: The presented 3D printed model of the female pelvis can be of aid for visualizing and teaching pelvic anatomy and examination to medical staff. 3D printing provides the possibility of creating, multiplying, adapting and sharing such data worldwide with little investment of resources. Thus, an important contribution to the international medical community can be made for training this challenging examination. |
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spelling | pubmed-90699622022-05-04 A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination Kiesel, Matthias Beyers, Inga Kalisz, Adam Joukhadar, Ralf Wöckel, Achim Herbert, Saskia-Laureen Curtaz, Carolin Wulff, Christine 3D Print Med Research BACKGROUND: Pelvic palpation is a core component of every Gynecologic examination. It requires vigorous training, which is difficult due to its intimate nature, leading to a need of simulation. Up until now, there are mainly models available for mere palpation which do not offer adequate visualization of the concerning anatomical structures. In this study we present a 3D printed model of the female pelvis. It can improve both the practical teaching of gynecological pelvic examination for health care professionals and the spatial understanding of the relevant anatomy. METHODS: We developed a virtual, simplified model showing selected parts of the female pelvis. 3D printing was used to create a physical model. RESULTS: The life-size 3D printed model has the ability of being physically assembled step by step by its users. Consequently, it improves teaching especially when combining it with commercial phantoms, which are built solely for palpation training. This is achieved by correlating haptic and visual sensations with the resulting feedback received. CONCLUSION: The presented 3D printed model of the female pelvis can be of aid for visualizing and teaching pelvic anatomy and examination to medical staff. 3D printing provides the possibility of creating, multiplying, adapting and sharing such data worldwide with little investment of resources. Thus, an important contribution to the international medical community can be made for training this challenging examination. Springer International Publishing 2022-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9069962/ /pubmed/35511353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41205-022-00139-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Kiesel, Matthias Beyers, Inga Kalisz, Adam Joukhadar, Ralf Wöckel, Achim Herbert, Saskia-Laureen Curtaz, Carolin Wulff, Christine A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title | A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title_full | A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title_fullStr | A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title_full_unstemmed | A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title_short | A 3D printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
title_sort | 3d printed model of the female pelvis for practical education of gynecological pelvic examination |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9069962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35511353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41205-022-00139-7 |
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