Villalobos FSA, Barajas CJÁ, Tapia JJ, Jiménez CJL, Reyes AW, Montalvo-Javé EE

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 271-275
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To provide teaching material useful for the medical student and the general physician to learn the venous cutdown technique in a non-live biological model.
Setting: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, UNAM.
Design: Teaching model.
Material and method: Indications, contraindication, anatomical characteristics and technique to be considered will be provided. We use a pig foot as didactic model because it is accessible in terms of costs, availability, and can be reproduced easily by students. Due to its similarity with clinical events occurring in patients at the hospital level, we consider that it represents a good teaching method of surgical skills at the undergraduate level.
Conclusion: The current biological model is a viable option and representative of venous cutdown. The student learns to identify the patient that requires this procedure, once identified he will be able to perform the procedure adequately avoiding, as much as possible, any type of complication.

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