Assessment of a Novel Standardized Training System for Mandibular Contour Surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mandibular contour surgeries (MCS) involving reduction gonioplasty and genioplasty are rewarding for patients with square faces; however, the procedure has inherently difficult clinician learning curves and unpredictable skill acquisitions. To our knowledge, there has been no effective, validated training model that might improve training and surgical outcomes for MCS.

Objective

To establish and evaluate a standardized intraoral MCS training system.

Design, setting, and participants

Intraoral MCS training models were constructed by 3-dimensional (3D) skull models covered with elastic head cloths. From April 2016 to April 2018, 90 consecutive MCS patients (30 per group) and 15 craniofacial surgery fellow physicians (5 per group) were enrolled in the prospect

SUBMITTER: Qiao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537852 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature