Teaching facial fracture repair: A novel method of surgical skills training using three-dimensional biomodels
Author(s) -
Neil D’Souza,
James G. Mainprize,
Glenn Edwards,
Paul Binhammer,
Oleh Antonyshyn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2292-5511
pISSN - 2292-5503
DOI - 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000921
Subject(s) - medicine , competence (human resources) , radiological weapon , fixation (population genetics) , presentation (obstetrics) , medical physics , medical education , physical therapy , surgery , psychology , social psychology , population , environmental health
The facial fracture biomodel is a three-dimensional physical prototype of an actual facial fracture. The biomodel can be used as a novel teaching tool to facilitate technical skills training in fracture reduction and fixation, but more importantly, can help develop diagnostic and management competence.
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