TissueDB/Materials/Wire

Wire is a bendable metal strand used in low-cost surgical simulators as a linear stand-in for a vessel or cord. This is a stub page: it records the builds that use wire today and needs expert review before it is treated as complete.

Tissues

Tissue	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Blood vessel (inferior epigastric vessels)			Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Hanssen)	Blue electric wire represents the epigastric vessels; the source assigns one wire to each vessel group.^[1]
Spermatic cord (spermatic vessels)			Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Hanssen)	Red electric wire represents the spermatic vessels; the source assigns one wire to each vessel group.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hanssen A, Hanssen DA, Hanssen RA, Plotnikov S, Haddad J, Daes JE. Implementation and Validation of a Novel and Inexpensive Training Model for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair. J Abdom Wall Surg 2022;1:10305. DOI 10.3389/jaws.2022.10305. PMID 38314154. CC BY 4.0.

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[hanssen2022-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hanssen A, Hanssen DA, Hanssen RA, Plotnikov S, Haddad J, Daes JE. Implementation and Validation of a Novel and Inexpensive Training Model for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair. J Abdom Wall Surg 2022;1:10305. DOI 10.3389/jaws.2022.10305. PMID 38314154. CC BY 4.0.

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