1. Animal and cadaver human eyes for residents’ surgical training in ophthalmology
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Tushar Agarwal, Jeewan S Titiyal, Sujeeth Modaboyina, Gunjan Saluja, Amar Pujari, Mohamed Ibrahime Asif, Namrata Sharma, and Karthika Bhaskaran
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medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Internship and Residency ,Cataract Extraction ,Cataract surgery ,Surgical training ,eye diseases ,Ophthalmology ,Ocular tissue ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Education, Medical, Graduate ,Cadaver ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Clinical Competence ,sense organs ,Eyelid ,business ,Ocular surface ,Ophthalmic surgery - Abstract
In ophthalmology residency programs surgical training plays a vital role in creating confident and skillful surgeons. As almost all ophthalmic surgery needs microscope training, creating a well-taught environment for hand-eye coordination, ocular tissue handling, and anticipation of complications is essential. Wet lab training with animal or cadaver human eyes offers diverse possibilities. We conducted a thorough literature search on various databases to identify the existing literature on wet labs. The results revealed constructive efforts for training novice surgeons in all surgical ophthalmology subspecialties. Wet lab models were initially used only to practice cataract surgery; however, now various complex ocular procedures can be practiced. Ocular surface, corneal, iris, lenticular, scleral, vitreoretinal, extraocular, eyelid, and other adnexal surgeries were reproduced and mastered in many ways. Importantly, with repeated surgical practice, residents gained an increasing level of confidence with enhanced surgical accuracy. In addition, we propose a few novel techniques of various other procedures.
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- 2022