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The smartphone with a camera is almost ubiquitous, and can be used as a loupe/microscope alternative.

1. Amin and colleagues suggest using an iPad on a mount using zoom software to replicate a microscope. The set up can also record the practice to enable review and feedback.

Leclère, F. M. P., Lewbart, G. A., Rieben, R., & Vögelin, E. (2013). Microsurgery and liver research: Lumbricus terrestris, a reliable animal model for training? Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 37(2), 166–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinre.2012.04.008

see sucur1981, marsh2007

1. only for artery
2. vein too fragile, nerve unlike human

Adjuncts

Intraluminal latex tubing in the chicken femoral artery to make the anastomosis easier.

1. similar to artery
2. no patency test

1. Rat femoral artery
2. Rat tail

1. Rat tail
2. Rat limb
3. Rabbit ear. see haines1985