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Cleft Palate Surgical Simulator: Improvement in Surgical Trainees' Knowledge and Confidence.

NCT04489680 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2020-07-28

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Summary

Trainees' experience in cleft surgery is limited due to the high-risk nature of the surgery and centralization of cleft care. Simulations allow trainees to learn complex surgical skills whilst ensuring patient safety. Existing cleft surgical simulators are over-simplified or prohibitively expensive. We developed and tested a high-fidelity yet cost-effective simulator for cleft palate repair.

Skeletal elements were obtained through high-resolution scanning of a pathologic specimen, 3D printed and then molded in plastic. Soft tissue components were formed through molding layers of silicone. 26 UK specialty trainees performed a vomerine mucosal flap and intra-velar veloplasty in a one-hour workshop. Pre- and post-simulation questionnaires assessing cleft knowledge and surgical confidence were compared for statistical significance.

Conditions

  • Cleft Palate Lip

Interventions

OTHER

Educational

Teaching session

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kezia Echlin · Birmingham Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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