TissueDB/Tissues/Nerve

A nerve is a bundle of axons enclosed in connective tissue (epineurium, perineurium, endoneurium) carrying motor, sensory, or autonomic signals between the central nervous system and peripheral targets. In surgical simulation, nerve identification and preservation is a frequently-trained skill. The phrenic nerve is one such nerve: it descends through the thorax to the diaphragm, and it must be identified and preserved because injury to it paralyses the diaphragm. Simulators must convey the visual and tactile characteristics that distinguish nerves from adjacent vascular and connective structures.

Materials

Material	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Putty			Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Kurashima)	Slender white-putty coils glued to the pelvic wall represent fine nerve branches on the reusable inguinal anatomy.^[1]

References

↑ Kurashima Y, Feldman L, Al-Sabah S, Kaneva P, Fried G, Vassiliou M (2011). "A novel low-cost simulator for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair." Surgical Innovation 18(2):171–175. DOI: 10.1177/1553350610395949. PMID: 21307013. © The Author(s) 2011, SAGE Publications. Unrestricted educational grant from Covidien Canada.

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[kurashima2011-1] Kurashima Y, Feldman L, Al-Sabah S, Kaneva P, Fried G, Vassiliou M (2011). "A novel low-cost simulator for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair." Surgical Innovation 18(2):171–175. DOI: 10.1177/1553350610395949. PMID: 21307013. © The Author(s) 2011, SAGE Publications. Unrestricted educational grant from Covidien Canada.

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