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- Satoki Inoue, Aki Fujiwara, Keisuke Watanabe, Keiji Hashizume, and Hitoshi Furuya.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho Kashihara Nara, Japan. seninoue@naramed-u.ac.jp
- Pain Med. 2008 Oct 1;9(7):863-5.
ObjectiveRegional anesthesia simulation manikins with phantom skeletal structures are commercially available. Unfortunately, they are quite expensive. This article introduces our handmade, low cost, phantom for training of nerve block with fluoroscopic guidance.MaterialsThe phantom consisted of artificial bone models to resemble human lumbar vertebrae with disks, covered with 5-7 sheets of self-adhesive sponge. Posteriorly, mobility between sheets was retained in order to deflect needles and provide practice of redirecting needles.ConclusionsAlthough it might lack radiographic fidelity, our inexpensive phantom can be used for basic training of nerve block with fluoroscopic guidance.
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