A scholarly metanalytic review on training by surgical simulators. The authors submit that low-fidelity is acceptable, balancing affordable basic inanimate models against the higher cost (and ethics) of zootomy and cadaceric dissection.
Simulation Based Training and Assessment in Open Vascular Surgery: A Systematic Review
Submitted by: Aristotle Protopapas
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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Author(s): Jonathan Lawaetz, Joachim S. Skovbo Kristensen, Leizl J. Nayahangan, Isabelle Van Herzeele, Lars Konge, Jonas P. Eiberg