Balões de látex: um modelo alternativo e de baixo custo para treinamento de anastomoses vasculares no ensino médico / Latex balloons: an alternative, low-cost model for vascular anastomosis training in medical education

O uso de simuladores na educação médica tem sido cada vez mais frequente, porém pouco acessíveis devido ao custo elevado. Foi desenvolvido para tal um modelo acessível e de baixo custo para o aprendizado e o treinamento de suturas e anastomoses vasculares em Laboratório de Bases das Técnicas Cirúrgicas. Foram utilizados balões de látex de cores variadas, fio de polipropileno 6.0 e outros materiais específicos para sutura vascular (porta-agulhas e pinças). Para facilitar o reparo dos balões, eles foram fixados em parafusos sobre placas de madeira. Foram feitas anastomoses terminoterminal, terminolateral e laterolateral e construção de patch. A perviedade da anastomose foi testada a partir da injeção de água em uma extremidade do balão e a observação da saída do conteúdo líquido na extremidade oposta. As vantagens observadas nesse modelo de treinamento para anastomoses foram a maleabilidade, a resistência à passagem do fio e o fato de ser inorgânico. Os balões de látex são uma alternativa barata, viável, não perecível e de uso prolongado no ensino e treinamento das suturas e anastomoses arteriais

Simulators are increasingly being used in medical education, but accessibility is restricted by their elevated cost. A accessible and low-cost model was developed for teaching and learning vascular sutures and anastomoses at a Basic Surgical Techniques Laboratory. Latex balloons of varying colors, polypropylene 6.0 sutures, and other materials specifically for suturing (needle holder and forceps) were used. The balloons were fixed to screws inserted into wooden boards in order to facilitate repairs. E end-to-end, end-to-side, and side-to-side anastomoses and patching were performed. Anastomosis patency was tested by injecting water into one extremity of the balloon and observing the liquid exit via the opposite extremity. The advantages observed with this training model for anastomoses were malleability, resistance to passage of the suture, and the fact that it is inorganic. Latex balloons are an inexpensive option that are non-perishable and offer prolonged use for teaching and practice of arterial sutures and anastomoses

Latex balloons: an alternative, low-cost model for vascular anastomosis training in medical education.

Simulators are increasingly being used in medical education, but accessibility is restricted by their elevated cost. A accessible and low-cost model was developed for teaching and learning vascular sutures and anastomoses at a Basic Surgical Techniques Laboratory. Latex balloons of varying colors, polypropylene 6.0 sutures, and other materials specifically for suturing (needle holder and forceps) were used. The balloons were fixed to screws inserted into wooden boards in order to facilitate repairs. E end-to-end, end-to-side, and side-to-side anastomoses and patching were performed. Anastomosis patency was tested by injecting water into one extremity of the balloon and observing the liquid exit via the opposite extremity. The advantages observed with this training model for anastomoses were malleability, resistance to passage of the suture, and the fact that it is inorganic. Latex balloons are an inexpensive option that are non­perishable and offer prolonged use for teaching and practice of arterial sutures and anastomoses.

Profile of patients receiving medical care at a reference, support, and treatment center for psoriasis patients at a university hospital.

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated disease affecting 1-3% of the population worldwide. This work seeks to draw a profile of patients with psoriasis, analyzing socioeconomic, anthropometric, and clinical aspects. For this, medical records from 81 individuals who received medical care in a university hospital in 2014 were consulted. It was observed that the patients were mostly dark-skinned black adult men, with a low education level and a low income, who were sedentary, former smokers, obese, with an increase in waist circumference, and who did not consume alcohol. Psoriasis vulgaris predominated, beginning mainly on the scalp, hands, and feet. In addition, many presented some type of associated comorbidity and had relatives with psoriasis.