Septoplasty Training During the COVID-19 Era: Development and Validation of a Novel Low-Cost Simulation Model.

Objective: In a context of increasingly limited surgical exposition, enhanced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic context, the objective of this article is to explain the development of a novel low-cost and simple replication animal-based septoplasty training model for otolaryngology residents, to assess its face and construct validity, and to validate a specific rating scale for each task.

Study Design: Experimental study.

Setting: Surgical simulation laboratory.