Abstract
Achieving a level of technical skill and confidence in surgical operations is the main goal of plastic surgical training. Operating rooms were accepted as the practical teaching venues of the traditional apprenticeship model. However, increased patient population, time, and ethical and legal considerations made preoperation room practical work a must for plastic surgical training. There are several plastic surgical teaching models and simulators which are very useful in preoperation room practical training and the evaluation of plastic surgery residents. The full thickness skin with its vascular network excised in abdominoplasty procedures is an easily obtainable real human tissue which could be used as a training model in plastic surgery.
Highlights
Academic plastic surgeons have an important role of teaching future plastic surgeons to help them improve their technical skills
Abdominoplasty is one of the common procedures performed in plastic surgery departments
We aimed to present a practical teaching method which allows the residents to perform basic plastic surgical techniques on human tissue outside the operating room
Summary
Academic plastic surgeons have an important role of teaching future plastic surgeons to help them improve their technical skills Most of this educational practical work is done in operating rooms. The full thickness skin and subcutaneous tissue below the umbilicus are generally excised as a complete island in the procedure This full thickness skin with its vascular network is a great material to practice surgery on. Keeping this in mind, we aimed to present a practical teaching method which allows the residents to perform basic plastic surgical techniques on human tissue outside the operating room
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