How To: A Simple and Innovative Simulator Model for Sialendoscopy Basket Stone Retrieval Training

by Emad Ahmed Magdy, MD, PhD, Samir Ali Elborolosy, MD, PhD, Ahmed M. Elbana, MD, MRCS, and Mohamed F. Fathalla, MD, PhD •

Usefulness of the training process

Overall, 25 participants (66%) strongly agreed that the training improved their manual dexterity for BSR, whether as a surgeon or as an assistant. Twenty-seven participants (71%) replied “strongly agree” that the training enhanced the surgeon/assistant teamwork and facilitated role switching. Additionally, 28 participants (74%) strongly agreed that they would recommend this BSR simulator training before beginning a career in sialendoscopy.

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