THE IDEAL EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING SESSION FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOLUMINAL TECHNIQUES
Sakai, P 1 ; Sulbaran, M 1 ; Sakai, C 1 ; Bustamante-López, L 2 ; Leite de Castro, V 1 ; Ishioka, S 1 ; Moura E 1 . 1. Gastrointestinal endoscopy service. Department of Gastroenterology, Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. 2. Department of Gastroenterology, Surgical Division, Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. Advanced endoscopy training on Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) Endoscopic Zenker´s diverticulotomy and Gastrostomy with gastropexy is needed to achieve safe practice in patients. It is important and advisable starting these procedures in a living model as a previous step to the application of these techniques in human cases. 1,2 The in-vivo pig model has proven to be adequate for endoscopic training in the upper digestive tract. 3,4 Anatomy of the pig´s stomach is quite similar to th...