Surgical Operative Techniques - tematics | Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research

Tematics:
1st-2nd occasion
Group 1
week 4: March 4, Monday: 8:00-13:00 (1st-2nd occasion)
week 4: March 5, Tuesday: 8:00-13:00 (3rd-4th occasion)
Group 2
week 7: March 25, Monday: 8:00-13:00 (1st-2nd occasion)
week 7: March 26, Tuesday: 8:00-13:00 (3rd-4th occasion)
Group 3
week 10: Apr 15, Monday: 8:00-13:00 (1st-2nd occasion)
week 10: Apr 16, Tuesday: 8:00-13:00 (3rd-4th occasion)


1st occasion

• Lecture: Overviewing of basic surgical knowledge: handling surgical instruments (video-demonstration). Surgical suture materials. Basic surgical techniques. Advanced knotting and suturing techniques, pitfalls in suturing techniques (video-demonstration).
• Practical: Practising knotting techniques on knotting pads and different suturing techniques on surgical training model: simple interrupted stitch, Donati stitch, simple continuous suture line, suture removal – as independent work and in team work. Special knotting techniques.   Evaluation of the suture lines, discussion of pitfalls.

2nd occasion

• Lecture: Scrubbing (video-demonstration). Possible mistakes in scrubbing (video-demonstration). Different suturing and knotting techniques on pig leg biomodels (video-demonstration).
• Practical: Dry practice. Practising how to put on surgical gloves. Practising different suturing techniques and apodactylic technique on pig leg biopreparate model in team work (simple interrupted stitch, Donati stitch, simple continuous suture line, suture removal).  Evaluation of the suture lines, discussion of pitfalls.

3rd occasion

• Lecture: Blood sampling and injection techniques. Different suturing and knotting techniques on pig leg biomodels (video-demonstration).
• Practical: Practising blood sampling and injection techniques on models and on upper limb phantom models. Individual evaluation of different techniques, discussion of pitfalls. Practising different suturing techniques and apodactylic technique on pig leg biopreparate model in team work (simple interrupted stitch, Donati stitch, simple continuous suture line, suture removal). Evaluation of the suture lines, discussion of pitfalls.

4th occasion

• Lecture: Vein preparation on venous cutdown pad, cannulation, preparation of infusion set (video-demonstration). Urinary bladder catheters. Catheterization of the urinary bladder on phantom model (video-demonstration).
• Practical: Dry practice. Catheterization of the urinary bladder on phantom model. Vein preparation and cannulation on a venous cutdown pad and connection to an infusion set. Individual evaluation of different techniques, discussion of pitfalls.

Self control test