Cryopreserved tracheal segments: a new tool for bench surgical training in thoracic surgery Segmentos criopreservados de traqueia: uma nova ferramenta para auxiliar o treinamento na cirurgia torácica

PURPOSE: To present a new low-cost high fidelity bench model of cryopreserved trachea that can be used to learn surgical skills from medical students to cardiothoracic surgery fellows. METHODS: Ten tracheas were harvested from ten non-trachea related research dogs at the moment of euthanasia. Each t...

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Main Authors: Avelina Sotres-Vega, Jaime Villalba-Caloca, Farid Ramirez-Zamora, Diana Pérez-Covarrubias, J. Alfredo Santibáñez-Salgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2012-08-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502012000800012