Basic Plastic Surgery Skills Training Program on Inanimate Bench Models during Medical Graduation
Figure 5
Chicken-skin bench model simulating a subcutaneous lipoma. (a) A small styrofoam ball should be placed in a subcutaneous tunnel made ā āin the posterior portion of the model with the intention of (b) mimicking the cutaneous lesion. Following, students must (c) incise the skin, (d) carefully dissect the lesion, (e) resect it completely, and (f) repair the defect by means of single interrupted sutures.