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Evaluation of Surgical Simulator for Practicing a Vascular Anastomosis

NCT00318279 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-11-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine if practicing an aorto-saphenous vein anastomosis on a low-fidelity surgical simulator allows trainees to produce a higher quality anastomosis in a shorter period of time, than a group that only learns by watching a video.

Conditions

  • Education, Medical

Interventions

DEVICE

Surgical simulator to practice vascular anastomosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mackenzie A Quantz, MD, FRCSC · The University of Western Ontario

  • Pavan K Koka, BSc, MD · The University of Western Ontario

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-05-31
Completion
2007-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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