Open AccessLow Cost Training During Lockdown: Homemade Training for Gas Insufflation Less Laparoscopic Surgeries
Author(s) -
J Gnanaraj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
christian journal for global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2167-2415
DOI - 10.15566/cjgh.v7i4.385
Subject(s) - purchasing , medicine , insufflation , training (meteorology) , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , laparoscopic surgery , general surgery , operations management , medical emergency , surgery , engineering , laparoscopy , geography , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , meteorology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Given the COVID-19 global pandemic, there are severe restrictions on travel in India and other countries. The Indian Government has issued an advisory for postponing non-essential or elective surgeries. Surgeons, especially those working in rural areas, have more time at hand to learn new skills. Unfortunately, due to the lockdown, purchasing new equipment has been difficult. We describe how Fellowship of Laparoscopic Surgery course skills for Gas Insufflation Less Laparoscopic Surgeries could be practised at home with easily available materials to make use of the time and build surgical skill capacity.