Secondary Prevention of Cervical Cancer

Training Loop Excision with the VITOM Exoscope

Training courses are essential for quality of surgical performance.

Training courses are essential for quality of surgical performance.

Teaching and training are essential for developing the proficiency required in the treatment of women diagnosed with intraepithelial and early invasive cervical disease. The VITOM exoscope is the perfect tool for this purpose.

Panel shows a special training model being demonstrated for workshop participants.

Hand-eye coordination must be trained.

Hand-eye coordination must be trained.

Panel shows a participant seated comfortably at a training model with the VITOM exoscope, which is connected to a video camera and mounted on a holder. The handpiece with the loop electrode is held in the dominant hand.

A stabile holding device is mandatory.

A stabile holding device is mandatory.

The VITOM exoscope (2) is coupled to a video camera (3) and held securely in place with a holding system (1).

Training specimen with anatomy similar to the uterine cervix are preferable.

Training specimen with anatomy similar to the uterine cervix are preferable.

The training specimen is shown in panel. A turkey heart, which is similar in size and shape to a human cervix, has been positioned on a monopolar electrode.