Abstract：
BACKGROUND:During the current global crisis unleashed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 outbreak, surgical departments have considerably reduced the amount of elective surgeries. This decrease leads to less time in the surgical room to develop and improve the surgical skills of residents. In this study, we developed a training program to obtain and maintain microsurgical skills at home, using a smartphone camera and low-cost materials, affordable for everyone. METHODS:Using a smartphone camera as a magnification device, 6 participants performed 5 exercises (coloring grids, grouping colors, unraveling of a gauze, knots with suture threads, and tower of Hanoi), both with the dominant and with the nondominant hand, for 4 weeks. We compared performance at the beginning and at the end of the training process. Each participant filled out an anonymous survey. RESULTS:When we compared the performance at the beginning and at the end of the training process, we found significant improvements (P = 0.05) with the dominant as well as the nondominant hand in all the exercises. All participants were satisfied or very satisfied with the definition of the objectives of the training process, material availability, the exercises performed, the choice of the time to train, and general satisfaction with the training program. CONCLUSIONS:We developed a microsurgical skills training program to be performed at home, which can be easily reproduced. It allows residents to improve manual coordination skills and is regarded as a feasible adjunct for ongoing training for surgical residents.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Gallardo FC,Martin C,Targa Garcia AA,Bustamante JL,Nuñez M,Feldman SEdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.114subject
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2020-11-01 00:00:00pages
557-563.e1eissn
1878-8750issn
1878-8769pii
S1878-8750(20)31635-1journal_volume
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