Practice makes perfect and the webpage below has a whole bunch of outstanding do-it-yourself surgery practice models that the student or physician can build:
SIU School of Medicine SURGICAL SKILLS CENTER
DO-IT-YOURSELF MODEL ASSEMBLY
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| Basic Flaps Used by: ENTDownload |
Chest Tube Insertion Used by: Internal Medicine Intern Boot CampDownload |
Circumcision Used by: OB/GYNDownload |
Fetal Scalp Electrode & Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Used by: OBGYNDownload |
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| Flexible Cystoscopy Used by: UrologyDownload |
Hand Sewn GI AnastomosisUsed by: Intern Boot Camp & UrologyDownload |
Incision & Drainage Used by: Surgery ClerkshipDownload |
Lower Endoscopy -Withdrawal & Examination Model Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
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| Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
Laparotomy Incision & Closure Used by: Intern Boot Camp OB/GYNDownload |
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Used by: General & Vascular SurgeryDownload |
Myringotomy & Tube Placement Used by: ENT |
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| Slit Lamp Used by: Emergency MedicineDownload |
Stapled GI Anastomosis Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
Surgical Airway Used by: Emergency Medicine Intern Boot CampDownload |
Tracheostomy Used by: ENTDownload |
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| Transurethral Resection of the Prostate “TURP” Used by: UrologyDownload |
Ureteroscopy Used by: UrologyDownload |
Vessel Dissection & Ligation Used by: Surgery Resident ReadinessDownload |
Vulvar Neoplasms & Biopsies Used by: OB/GYNDownload |
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| Episiotomy Repair Used by: OB/GYN Download I Download 2 |
Upper Endoscopy (EGD) Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
Vascular Anastomosis Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
Lower Endoscopy Ham-Cam Used by: Intern Boot CampDownload |
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| Suturing Pig’s Feet (Purchased from Local Grocery store) Used By: Intern Boot Camp, Emergency Medicine, OBGYN & Surgery Clerkship Download |
