Human Placenta Simulator for Intracranial-Intracranial Bypass: Vascular Anatomy and 5 Bypass Techniques.

Background: Intracranial-intracranial (IC-IC) bypass surgery involves the use of significant technical bimanual skills. Indications for this procedure are limited, so training in a simulator with brain vessels similarity could maintain microsurgical dexterity. Our goal is to describe the human placenta vascular anatomy to guide IC-IC bypasses apprenticeship.

Face, Content, and Construct Validity of Brain Tumor Microsurgery Simulation Using a Human Placenta Model.

Background: Brain tumors are complex 3-dimensional lesions. Their resection involves training and the use of the multiple microsurgical techniques available for removal. Simulation models, with haptic and visual realism, may be useful for improving the bimanual technical skills of neurosurgical residents and neurosurgeons, potentially decreasing surgical errors and thus improving patient outcomes.

Face, content, and construct validity of human placenta as a haptic training tool in neurointerventional surgery.

OBJECT The development of neurointerventional treatments of central nervous system disorders has resulted in the need for adequate training environments for novice interventionalists. Virtual simulators offer anatomical definition but lack adequate tactile feedback. Animal models, which provide more lifelike training, require an appropriate infrastructure base.

Human placenta aneurysm model for training neurosurgeons in vascular microsurgery.

Background: Neurosurgery, a demanding specialty, involves many microsurgical procedures that require complex skills, including open surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Simulation or practice models may be useful for acquiring these skills before trainees perform surgery on human patients.

Objective: To describe a human placenta model for the creation and clipping of aneurysms.