Authors
Citation
K. Steffens et al., MICROSURGICAL TRAINING USING PIG LEGS, European journal of plastic surgery, 19(1), 1996, pp. 42-44
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
42 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1996)19:1<42:MTUPL>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In order to train microsurgeons, instead of using living animals, a re
alistic non-living model has been used. The front legs of pigs are sui
table for training in microsurgical techniques because the microscopic
and gross anatomy of the pig's front leg corresponds well to that of
the human upper extremitiy.