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As cerebrovascular anastomosis is performed in moist conditions that may impede precise manipulations, surgeons must undergo extensive preoperative training. We developed a simple moist-condition training method. It involves placing a free-floating inner platform hosting an artery from a chicken wing in an outer container filled with tap water to just below the specimen. Trainees performed anastomosis under magnification. Training sessions mimicked difficulties encountered during operations such as poor visibility of the lumen and problems handling the sutures. A retrospective comparison of 100 wet- and 100 dry-condition training sessions for end-to-side anastomoses with 8 stitches showed that under moist condition the time required for the entire procedure was significantly longer (17.8 ± 2.1 vs. 15.3 ± 2.1 min, p &lt; 0.01) and the incidence of wrong stitching was greater (0.38 vs. 0%, p = 0.04). In 8 cases after introducing moist-condition training, the time required in superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass surgery was significantly shorter than 8 cases before introducing the training (32.3 ± 5.6 min vs. 48.3 ± 15.9 min, p = 0.01). Incidence of wrong stitches was less in cases after introducing moist-condition training (2.7 vs. 7.4%, p = 0.10). Those indicate that moist-condition training is a useful and practical step and a bridge between training for basic manipulations under dry conditions and actual surgery.

Moist-condition Training for Cerebrovascular Anastomosis: A Practical Step after Mastering Basic Manipulations