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With the move towards simulation based microsurgical training and emphasis on the declining usage of animal models, there is a need for an objective method to evaluate microvascular anastomosis in a non-living, simulated microsurgical training environment. Our aim was to create a validated assessment tool to evaluate the intimal surface of the end product to measure skills acquisition.

• 9 objective components –> mapped to relative performance score
• Standard set on n=? (perhaps it doesn't matter)
• Backwall caught?

Kim, E., Norman, I. C. F., Myers, S., Singh, M., & Ghanem, A. (2020). The end game – A quantitative assessment tool for anastomosis in simulated microsurgery. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 73(6), 1116–1121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2019.12.015

• 2020-08-10 created