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Date Posted 14/09/2009
Surgical simulator demonstration wins ESCRS Video Competition
The overall winning entry of this year’s ESCRS Video competition was a presentation by Jansuke Akura MD Japan, titled “KITARO, Handy Surgical Simulator for Dry Lab and Wet Lab”. Dr Akura’s video described the KITARO system and illustrated its potential as a tool for teaching phacoemulsification surgery. The design of the surgical simulator allows students to practise instrument manipulation at the desk prior to wet lab instruction. It also provides a useful alternative to porcine eyes for practising phacoemulsification in the wet lab.
Dr Akura’s video included demonstrations of the realistic simulation the KITARO system could provide of capsulorhexis, nuclear dividing technique, wound construction and IOL insertion. The surgical simulator’s innovations include a new oculomotor device and an artificial eyeball wall, consisting of disposable glass fibre sheets and polyvinyl chloride foam. It also has anterior capsules composed of polyester film 4.0 microns in thickness with special separate printings for dry lab and wet lab use. In addition, nuclei for dry lab use are composed of special polymer clay while the lens for the wet lab consists of nucleus made of agar with calcium and colcothar, cortex made of starch paste
“Quality surgical simulation very similar to the human eye is possible, because KITARO is equipped with quality artificial anterior capsule, nucleus, cortex, and sclera/cornea,” Dr Akura said.
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