Experimental model for learning in vascular surgery and microsurgery: esophagus and trachea of chicken Modelo para o aprendizado experimental em cirurgia e microcirurgia vascular: esôfago e traquéia de frango

PURPOSE: This paper proposes a model of training surgical skills using vascular anastomosis in an animal model that simulates the size, consistency and resistance arteries and veins, to use it to chicken trachea and esophagus, respectively. METHODS: We used chicken necks where the esophagus and trac...

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Main Authors: Rosi Aparecida Nunes Achar, Pedro Alexandre Martinez Lozano, Bruna Nunes Achar, Gerson Vilhena Pereira Filho, Eduardo Achar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2011-04-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502011000200005