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Fernando Pérez Escamirosa1, Ricardo Ordorica Flores, Arturo Minor Martínez
1*Bioelectronics Section, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico †Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Abstract:
In this article, we describe the construction and validation of a laparoscopic trainer using an iPhone 5 and a plastic document holder case. The abdominal cavity was simulated with a clear plastic document holder case. On 1 side of the case, 2 holes for entry of laparoscopic instruments were drilled. We added a window to place the camera of the iPhone, which works as our camera of the trainer. Twenty residents carried out 4 tasks using the iPhone Trainer and a physical laparoscopic trainer. The time of all tasks were analyzed with a simple paired t test. The construction of the trainer took 1 hour, with a cost of
