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Feline ovariohysterectomy (spay) surgical training model

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Designing feline ovariohysterectomy surgical training model for veterinary students

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Feline ovariohysterectomy surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed on female felines. To practice, veterinary students need anatomically correct surgical models. Current models only account for the organs inside of the model and not the shape of the model itself, with the shape often resembling a square. Lack of anatomically correct shells makes it harder for veterinary students to accurately practice feline ovariohysterectomy surgery. The improved shell model should be anatomically correct and allow for easily replaceable surgical components. The goal is to create an anatomically correct rigid shell model that students can repeatedly perform surgery on and correctly houses the bladder, reproductive organs, GI tract, and synthetic ventral abdominal wall of a female feline.

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Kennedy Young, Therese Kalt, Tess Fitzgerald, Sofia Yeates-Delahoz
Kennedy Young, Therese Kalt, Tess Fitzgerald, Sofia Yeates-Delahoz

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