Fetal spina bifida repair model
A fetus model with an open spinal defect (myelomeningocele), for practising the repair layer by layer.
Prototype model · Built by Dr. Manuel Lopez · Fetus at 20 to 25 weeks, in a uterus model · 6 moments · 19 min
Moment 1 of 6
Remove the membrane
The thin membrane over the opening is lifted and cut away.
The moments, in order · 6 moments
- 1. Remove the membraneThe thin membrane over the opening is lifted and cut away.
- 2. Open the sacThe sac over the open spine is opened to show the nerve tissue inside.
- 3. Free the nerve tissueThe nerve tissue is freed from the skin edge around it.
- 4. Free the nerve tissue: faculty demonstrationDr. Rothenberg frees the nerve tissue from the skin edge, one small cut at a time.
- 5. Close the layer over the nerve tissueA running stitch closes the layer that covers the nerve tissue.
- 6. Close the skinSeparate stitches close the skin over the repair.
Filmed through the scope on a training model: no patient is shown. Towers record no sound.
Imaging: Stryker