TissueDB/Tissues/Gallbladder

Illustration of the gallbladder in place beneath the liver, with the cystic duct and common bile duct — Anatomical illustration of the gallbladder showing its position relative to the liver and bile ducts.
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Gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ beneath the liver that stores and concentrates bile. The gallbladder wall is the thin, layered structure of mucosa, muscularis and serosa that lets the organ store and concentrate that bile. Clinically significant for its role in bile storage and release, the gallbladder is a common site of pathology (cholelithiasis, cholecystitis).

Materials

Material	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Balloon			Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Simulator	Medium-size regular balloon, ideally green.^[1]
P53 Silicone Rubber			Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Simulator (Casas-Murillo)	Cast continuous with the bile-duct silicone in a single 2-part Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene negative mold; held in position by a wire pulling the gallbladder over the liver scaffold to simulate the assistant's retraction maneuver. Source-rated overall Texture 4.5/5 and Consistency 4.3/5 on the aggregate simulator (Likert-5, n=13).^[2]

Related Structures

Liver — gallbladder attached to inferior surface
Peritoneum and Serosa — serosal covering
Blood Vessel — cystic artery and hepatic artery branches

References

↑ ALL-SAFE Consortium. "Shopping List: List of all materials you will need to complete the ALL-SAFE Box Build" - section "Materials Required for Gallbladder Disease Simulation Build". 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.
↑ Casas-Murillo C, Zuñiga-Ruiz A, Lopez-Barron RE, Sanchez-Uresti A, Gogeascoechea-Hernandez A, Muñoz-Maldonado GE, Salinas-Chapa M, Elizondo-Riojas G, Negreros-Osuna AA. 3D-printed anatomical models of the cystic duct and its variants, a low-cost solution for an in-house built simulator for laparoscopic surgery training. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 2021;43(4):537–544. DOI 10.1007/s00276-020-02631-3. PMID 33386458.

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[allsafe-gallbladder-shopping-1] ALL-SAFE Consortium. "Shopping List: List of all materials you will need to complete the ALL-SAFE Box Build" - section "Materials Required for Gallbladder Disease Simulation Build". 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.

[casasmurillo2021-2] Casas-Murillo C, Zuñiga-Ruiz A, Lopez-Barron RE, Sanchez-Uresti A, Gogeascoechea-Hernandez A, Muñoz-Maldonado GE, Salinas-Chapa M, Elizondo-Riojas G, Negreros-Osuna AA. 3D-printed anatomical models of the cystic duct and its variants, a low-cost solution for an in-house built simulator for laparoscopic surgery training. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 2021;43(4):537–544. DOI 10.1007/s00276-020-02631-3. PMID 33386458.

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