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Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties pp 353–360Cite as

Simulation in Plastic Surgery

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The following chapter provides an overview of the several types of simulation being employed in plastic surgery education and medical practice. Modes of simulation range from inanimate two-dimensional models, to animal models, to fresh perfused human cadaver. Simulation models used in plastic surgery allow for practice of skin and soft tissue techniques, as well as detailed microsurgery. Advances over the years have allowed simulation to be useful not only in conceptual teaching but also in presurgical preparation. Simulation in plastic surgery continues to be explored as an assessment tool for medical trainees. The use of simulation in plastic surgery is still in its fairly early stages and will likely have vast implications in the future.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Tanisha Hutchinson

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Phillips-Wangensteen Building, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Gregory Kelts

  3. Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Peter A. Hilger

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  1. Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Dimitrios Stefanidis

  2. Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    James R. Korndorffer Jr.

  3. Executive Director WISH and CREST, Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Robert Sweet

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Hutchinson, T., Kelts, G., Hilger, P.A. (2019). Simulation in Plastic Surgery. In: Stefanidis, D., Korndorffer Jr., J., Sweet, R. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98276-2_28

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