MICRONEUROSURGERY TRAINING IN A NON-LIVE SWINE MODEL: IS IT FEASIBLE TO LEARN TECHNIQUES FOR MICRODISSECTION OF BRAIN TUMORS AND CLIPPING OF ANEURYSMS IN THIS TYPE OF MODEL?

• Grant number: 22/13759-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2023
• End date: June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Feres Eduardo Aparecido Chaddad Neto
• Grantee: Vinicius Santos Baptista
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The importance of practical training of neurosurgeons is indisputable in order to improve surgical techniques and optimize the results obtained in operations performed by these professionals. Thus, the researchers intend to develop an observational study that aims to enable the practice of microsurgery procedures in non-living pig models. In this project, techniques of microdissection of brain tumors and clipping of aneurysms will be evaluated in these models.The specimens will be provided by the "Técnicas Operatórias e Cirurgia Experimental" (TOCE) discipline of the Escola Paulista de Medicina - UNIFESP. After preparation of the model, it will be evaluated by two neurosurgeons and the principal investigator of the project. The anatomical similarities between the porcine and human brain will be evaluated, as well as the proximity between the procedures performed in the model and in real surgery. In this way, it will be possible to enable studies in the non-living pig model, which is cheaper and more available when compared to the human model.