The Novel Affordable Telford Temporal Bone Holder

Abstract

Surgical training is constantly evolving and junior trainees now perform fewer operations than ever. To maintain standards, greater emphasis is placed on simulation, often requiring attendance to expensive courses. While virtual reality systems have been developed recently, cadaveric dissection remains the cornerstone of training. To allow effective development of the essential finely tuned dextrous skills that are required by otologists there must be optimal tools available to the trainee, the most important being the temporal bone holder.

The original cumbersome temporal bone holder has its disadvantages. With this in mind we have produced an extremely cheap alternative that allows trainees to maintain surgical position easily and facilitate dissection more efficiently. Our design provides excellent and easily adjustable position that delivers optimum surgical field for textbook surgical training at a fraction of the price.

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