Addressing the Pandemic Training Deficiency: Filling the Void with Simulation in Facial Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/hypothesis

To assess the use of a three-dimensional (3D) printed, multilayer facial flap model for use in trainee education as an alternative method of teaching surgical techniques of facial reconstruction.

Study design

Cohort study.

Methods

A 3D printed facial flap simulator was designed from a computed tomography scan and manufactured out of silicone for low-cost, high-fidelity simulation. This simulator was tested by a group of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery trainees at a single institution. The simulator group was compared to a control group who completed an exercise on a traditional paper facial flap exercise. Both groups underwent didactic lectures prior to completing their respective exercises. Pre- and post-exercise Likert scale surveys measuri

SUBMITTER: Yang SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013962 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature