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Teaching Instrument: A Laparoscopic Training Model
Tintara H 
,
Choobun T
,
Choobun T A laparoscopic training model with female surface anatomy has been developed. This
trammg model is made of a plastic boutique-showing model that is equivalent to normal-size
female anatomy from the neck to the upper thigh. Four holes were made on the model's abdo-
minal wall as puncture-sites to enter the cavity, the first is 80-mm diameter at the umbilical area,
and the other three 38-mm diameter holes are located on both sides of the lower abdomen and
suprapubic area. The umbilical hole can be covered with a simulated abdominal wall made from
6.5-mm insulation sheet, fixed to the model using a rubber band. The other three puncture-sites
were plugged with a flexible rubber diaphragm as working ports. When used as video-laparo-
scopy, the auto-focus camcorder is used as a telescope and is connected to a regular television set
as a monitor. This model can be used for training of abdominal entry by Veress needle or trocar,
laparoscopic tubal ligation (LTL), and video-eye-hand co-ordination. This model has been a train-
ing medium in our Department for 1 year and was included in the OSCE for the Board Examina-
tion of the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the year 2000 to assess the
process of Veress needle insertion.
Key word : Training Model, Teaching Instrument, Laparoscopy
trammg model is made of a plastic boutique-showing model that is equivalent to normal-size
female anatomy from the neck to the upper thigh. Four holes were made on the model's abdo-
minal wall as puncture-sites to enter the cavity, the first is 80-mm diameter at the umbilical area,
and the other three 38-mm diameter holes are located on both sides of the lower abdomen and
suprapubic area. The umbilical hole can be covered with a simulated abdominal wall made from
6.5-mm insulation sheet, fixed to the model using a rubber band. The other three puncture-sites
were plugged with a flexible rubber diaphragm as working ports. When used as video-laparo-
scopy, the auto-focus camcorder is used as a telescope and is connected to a regular television set
as a monitor. This model can be used for training of abdominal entry by Veress needle or trocar,
laparoscopic tubal ligation (LTL), and video-eye-hand co-ordination. This model has been a train-
ing medium in our Department for 1 year and was included in the OSCE for the Board Examina-
tion of the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the year 2000 to assess the
process of Veress needle insertion.
Key word : Training Model, Teaching Instrument, Laparoscopy
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