Alternative method for orthopedic training: Modified Thiel solution
Keywords:
Pelvic limbs, dogs, Veterinary MedicineAbstract
The use of alternative methods for surgical training in veterinary medicine has been increasingly implemented. The Thiel solution is a corpse preservation method which maintains very similar characteristics of a living being, such as color, consistency, texture and flexibility of joints. However, it is considered a technique of high cost and with a degree of complexity in the development of the same. In addition, the objective of this work was to adapt this method to be used only in dogs’ hind limbs for orthopedic training, in order to reduce costs and make its implementation more practice. For such, 10 ex vivos dogs’ hind limbs were prepared with the Thiel solution. Subsequently, scholars of the discipline of veterinary surgery performed techniques in those limbs and answered a questionnaire, to leave their impressions about this alternate method. It is highlighted that 100% of the students found the external appearance of the limbs close to reality and 84.2% considered the limbs as a satisfactory training method of the aforementioned techniques, which maintained the articular bone integrity appropriate for the achievement of the techniques used. Therefore, the use of dogs’ hind limbs kept by the Thiel solution is valid for the surgical training of graduate students, its adaptation of the original formula used to the limbs made this method of preservation less costly and more practical, enabling the preparation of several pieces at once.
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