Surgery - Refinement, reduction and replacement

Tips and tricks to refine surgical skills without use of animals

Good surgical skills need a lot of practice. It is not necessary to do all practice on animals (nor humans). Below there are links to some movies demonstrating how you can practice on alternative methods.

Raffinering av sutur teknikk ved bruk av alternativ til dyr

Photo:

Aurora Brønstad

Students practicing suture techniques on fruit.

Practicing suturing deep tissue layers using a kitchen sponge.

Updated: 21.07.2015 (First published: 24.02.2015)