Kasra Shaikhrezai, Maziar Khorsandi, Edward T Brackenbury, Sai Prasad, Vipin Zamvar, John Butler, Geoffrey Berg
There is a paucity of low-fidelity and cost-efficient simulators for training cardiac surgeons in the aspects of aortic root/valve replacement. In this study we addressed this training challenge by creating a low-fidelity, low-cost but, at the same time, anatomically realistic aortic root replacement simulator for training purposes. We used readily available, low cost materials such as lint roller tubes, foam sheet, press-and-seal bags, glue, plywood sheet, heat-shrink sleeving tubes and condoms as the basic material to create a low-fidelity, aortic root, training simulator...
2015: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery