TissueDB/Materials/Glove
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Gloves—including glove fingers and full procedure gloves—recreate thin-walled, flexible, elastic anatomy. Stretchability, smooth surface, and ability to form curved or tubular shapes make them suitable for modeling luminal walls and sac-like structures. Pre-formed finger structures eliminate fabrication time while providing consistent tubular shapes for training.
Tissues
| Tissue | Visual | Tactile | Simulator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowel | Appendectomy Simulator, Acute Appendicitis Simulator, Open Appendectomy Simulator (Matthews) | Procedure glove (Appendectomy Simulator): inverted, forms the cecum cavity; the index finger is tied off, the 4th and 5th fingers suture ligated; the middle finger is the appendix body. Vinyl exam glove (Acute Appendicitis Simulator, ALL-SAFE): the 2nd finger of an inverted glove is packed with sand or dirt as the appendix, the remainder filled with cotton or gauze as the cecum; a second glove has its fingers cut off, and the remaining glove is folded in half and taped to the side of the cecum as the terminal ileum. Surgical glove (Open Appendectomy Simulator, Matthews): the base forms the cecum, with auxiliary fingers 2, 4 and 5 excised; the third (middle) finger is the appendix; the thumb is the terminal ileum at the ileocecal junction. | ||
| Blood vessel | VesselBox Vessel Ligation Trainer (Hu) | Disposable latex surgical glove finger as vessel surrogate, mounted under tension inside a four-sided pine box; 2 ligation attempts per mounted finger. Selected over penrose drains, IV tubing and silicone tubing for being deformable enough to clamp and tie yet elastic enough to require steady tension; represents larger vessels and bowel mesentery well, smaller friable vessels less well. The published mounting device is proprietary and not described in the source. | ||
| Dura Mater | Lumbar Laminectomy and Dural Closure Simulator (Bakhshi) | As a latex glove (a thin natural-rubber latex membrane) — pasted over a window cut in the middle of a 5 cc plastic syringe and placed beneath the laminectomy site, so that once the lamina is removed the trainee sutures it closed with 6-0 Prolene under the microscope as a dura mater stand-in.[1] | ||
| Hernia sac | Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty TAPP 3D Simulator (Pires de Melo Filho) | Latex glove inserted into the spheroidal hernial defect of the 3D-printed model and adhered to the masking-tape peritoneal overlay, representing the hernial sac and its content for hernia identification and reduction (stage 3 of the five-stage TAPP sequence).[2] | ||
| Kidney | Percutaneous Renal Access Simulator (Ewald) | A small nitrile examination glove fashioned into the shape of the renal collecting system and filled with contrast-enhanced ballistic gelatin; the fingers are tied off to set calyceal diameter at 1.5–2 cm. The paper's methods name the glove as nitrile; its abstract and figure caption call it a surgical glove.[3] | ||
| Soft Tissue Lesion Simulator | Hospital glove fingertip filled with basic body lotion and tied with a simple knot at the top to represent the abscess, inserted on top of a thick sponge (the tissue beneath the abscess) and beneath an approximately 2 cm layer of pigmented gelatin (subcutaneous tissues) and felt covered with clear packing tape (skin). The lotion-filled fingertip was detectable with a handheld ultrasound, so students practised drainage both with and without ultrasound guidance. The source's cost table prices the gloves at US$0.02 per unit within a US$1.19 per-unit abscess-drainage model; the source states its costs in US dollars.[4] | |||
| Fallopian tube | Laparoscopic Ectopic Pregnancy Simulator | A small plastic glove is a source-listed alternative if a Penrose drain is unavailable. The tube contains the ectopic mass. Its ends are cut into several short slits to form fimbriae.[5] | ||
| Inguinal wall | Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Duboureau) | First glove (coloured, non-sterile, size L or XL), applied over the funnel, fingers trimmed a few centimetres below the neck. The coloured wall lets the surgeon check for an accidental perforation at the end of the procedure.[6] | ||
| Peritoneum | Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Duboureau) | Second glove (transparent), placed over the assembled funnel, fingers trimmed a few centimetres below the neck. The vaginal process repaired in this hernia is a peritoneal extension; the clear glove shows the dissection plane.[6] | ||
| Surgical glove / specialty bag | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Simulator | Source-listed build input.[7] |
References
- ↑ Bakhshi SK, Ahmad R, Merchant AAH, Noorali AA, Abdul Rahim K, Shaikh NQ, Afzal N, Lakhdir MPA, Shamim MS, Haider AH. Development, outcome and costs of a simulation-based neurosurgery bootcamp at the national level. BMC Medical Education 2022;22:896. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03965-9. PMID: 36578075. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- ↑ Pires de Melo Filho L, Mano Almeida A, Marçal de Barros Filho E, de Oliveira Borges GC. Simulated training model in a low cost for laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty. Acta Cir Bras 2021;36(1):e360108. DOI 10.1590/ACB360108. CC BY 4.0.
- ↑ Ewald JM, Cheng JW, Engelhart SM, Wilkinson MC, Hajiha M, Wagner H, Baldwin DD. A realistic, durable, and low-cost training model for percutaneous renal access using ballistic gelatin. Turk J Urol 2019;45(1):31–6. DOI: 10.5152/tud.2018.43569. PMID: 30668307.
- ↑ Wittenberg RE, Bryce-Alberti M, Shimelash NZ, Masimbi O, Kratky LE, Thompson AA, Alali O, Carroll M, Nuss SR, Hey MT, Gordon L, Hamzah R, Winslow K, Alty IG, Jhunjhunwala R, Forbes C, Eyre A, Riviello R, Bekele A, Anderson GA, Alayande BT. Low-cost simulation models for soft-tissue procedures for medical student education in Rwanda. BMC Medical Education 2025;25:1271. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-07910-4. PMID: 41034833. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- ↑ ALL-SAFE Consortium. ALL-SAFE Ectopic Pregnancy Simulation Build Instructions. Build instructions PDF on Appropedia; module page: ALL-SAFE Ectopic Pregnancy. Build-instruction document not indexed in PubMed; primary source linked directly.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Duboureau et al. Appendix 1, "A Low-Cost Training Simulator for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in Boys: Instructions for Use". Supplement to the original article. Equipment and Assembling the Model, Step 6.
- ↑ ALL-SAFE Consortium. "Shopping List: List of all materials you will need to complete the ALL-SAFE Box Build" — sections "Materials Required for Gallbladder Disease Simulation Build" and "Laparoscopic Tools". Gallbladder Disease module, Global Surgical Training Challenge. Undated; the document carries no author line or publication date. PDF on Appropedia, linked from ALL-SAFE/Gallbladder Disease/Simulation.
- ↑ World Health Organization. "Annex 9: Guide to good storage practices for pharmaceuticals." In: WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: Thirty-seventh report. WHO Technical Report Series, No. 908. Geneva: WHO; 2003. WHO TRS 908. Appendix, "Normal storage conditions": "Storage in dry, well-ventilated premises at temperatures of 15–25 °C or, depending on climatic conditions, up to 30 °C"; "Protect from moisture": "no more than 60% relative humidity in normal storage conditions".
| Authors | Ian-laurel, Arturo Pelayo |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Arturo Pelayo, Ian-laurel (2025–2026). "TissueDB/Materials/Glove". Appropedia. Retrieved November 12, 2026. |