====== Chicken wing model ======

Laboratory [[training]] is a very important step on the development of the [[skill]]s necessary for a [[neurosurgeon]]. This can be achieved using [[animal model]]s and [[surgical microscope]]s or [[stereomicroscope]]s. Methods, like the use of [[fluorescein]], increase the lifelike situation and allows anyone to assess the patency of an [[anastomosis]] and improve the quality of this training.

Lovato et al., reported the use of a [[stereomicroscope]] with white light and a [[fluorescence]] mode used to perform [[dissection]] of small arteries and [[anastomosis]] using a [[chicken wing]] model. Using an affordable device they could perform fluorescein [[videoangiography]] to asses the patency of those anastomosis and improve the quality of the training skills in microsurgery.

The stereomicroscope is a useful tool for laboratory training and can be used as a substitute of a surgical microscope for microsurgery training. The fluorescence mode allowed us to perform fluorescein videoangiography with very a good quality of image.

Microsurgery training is important part in the life of any neurosurgeon. Using a stereomicroscope with a fluorescence mode is an affordable method that can be reproduced in any laboratory in the world
((Lovato RM, Campos Paiva AL, Pesente FS, Gonçalves de Oliveira J, Ferrarez CE, 
Vitorino Araújo JL, Esteves Veiga JC. An affordable stereomicroscope for
microsurgery training with fluorescence mode. World Neurosurg. 2019 Jul 3. pii:
S1878-8750(19)31856-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.199. [Epub ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 31279115.
)).