Abstract

ZERPA ZAFRANE, Miguel J.. El laboratorio quirúrgico y la enseñanza de la cirugía El modelo quirúrgico. Gac Méd Caracas [online]. 2007, vol.115, n.2, pp.144-154. ISSN 0367-4762.

The work developed in almost two decades at Unidad de Investigacion Quirurgica at Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Facultad de Medicina-Universidad Central de Venezuela is presented, with brief comments regarding surgical research projects that were carried on at Caracas as well as Maracaibo. This work is done with the purpose to demonstrate the importance that has the surgical research laboratory in stimulating creativity in young surgical fellows, as well as helping to develop surgical skills and a better comprehension of each of the different surgical techniques that might be used. This work at the surgical laboratory also allows to take issues observed at the clinical wards with patients into experimental animals in order to search and or develop new or different surgical approach for the surgeon to use. Also establishes the importance of working as surgical team to facilitate a better outcome. Another goal accomplished was to create surgical models that would simulate the pathologic findings observed in the patients to allow for the development of new therapeutics options to bring solutions to the patients This work presents several surgical models that were developed and used based on the most frequent diseases observed at the surgical wards.