A novel low-fidelity simulator for both mitral valve and tricuspid valve surgery: The surgical skills trainer for classic open and minimally invasive techniques

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-101

  Verberkmoes, Niels J ^a   Verberkmoes Broeders, Elizabeth M P C ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Dental Hygiene   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Minimally invasive technique; Mitral valve; Simulation; Surgical skills; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRICUSPID VALVE SURGERY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOTOR SKILLS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TEACHING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84872710877     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs451     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Franzeck FM, Rosenthal R, Muller MK, Nocito A, Wittich F, Maurus C et al. Prospective randomized controlled trial of simulator-based versus traditional in-surgery laparoscopic camera navigation training. Surg Endosc 2012;26:235-41.
2. Al-Kadi AS, Donnon T, Oddone Paolucci E, Mitchell P, Debru E, Church N. The effect of simulation in improving students' performance in laparoscopic surgery: A meta-analysis. Surg Endosc 2012.
3. Joyce DL, Dhillon TS, Caffarelli AD, Joyce DD, Tsirigotis DN, Burdon TA et al. Simulation and skills training in mitral valve surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;141:107-12.
4. Doherty E, O'Keeffe D, Traynor O. Developing a human factors and patient safety programme at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Surgeon 2011;9(Suppl 1):S38-9.
5. The Chamberlain Group. http://thecgroup. com/product/cardiothoracic/ valve/new-mitral-valve-prolapse-trainer. [Accessed 5 August 2012].
6. Ramphal PS, Coore DN, Craven MP, Forbes NF, Newman SM, Coye AA et al. A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;27:910-16. (Pubitemid 40585690)
7. Fann JI, Feins RH, Hicks GL Jr, Nesbitt JC, Hammon JW, Crawford FA Jr. Evaluation of simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery: the Senior Tour perspective. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:264-72.
8. Tavlasoglu M, Jahollari A, Amrahov A, Sahin MA. An instrument facilitates mitral valve repair training at home. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012;41: 940-41.
9. Carpentier A. Cardiac valve surgery-the 'French correction'. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1983;86:323-37. (Pubitemid 13002097)
10. Fann JC, Ingels NB, Miller DC. Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease. In: Cohn LH (ed). Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008, 973-1012.
11. Sakai T, Okita Y, Ueda Y, Tahata T, Ogino H, Matsuyama K, Miki S. Distance between mitral annulus and papillary muscles: anatomic study in normal human hearts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999;118: 636-41. (Pubitemid 29474789)
12. Carpentier A, Adams DH, Filsoufi F. Techniques in Type II Commissural and Bileaflet Prolapse. In: Carpentier A (ed). Carpentier's reconstructive valve surgery. Missouri: Saunders Elsevier, 2010, 128-29.