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A
remarkable
series of training videos that combines the power of
virtual technology and advanced 3-D animation software
was unveiled at a symposium held at the School of Medicine
on April 7. With the aid of simple, easy-to-understand
animations, these educational tools will enable even
inexperienced surgeons around the world to learn and
perform complex plastic surgery techniques.
The
videos were introduced to the NYU community by Court
B. Cutting, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic
Surgery) and Director of the Institute of Reconstructive
Plastic Surgery’s Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic
and Joseph G. McCarthy, M.D., the Lawrence D. Bell Professor
of Plastic Surgery and Director of the Institute.
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A Precious Gift: More
than 7,000 groundbreaking training videos developed by
NYU plastic surgeons are being distributed free to surgeons
worldwide by the Smile Train, an international charity
that helps children who suffer from cleft lip
The
symposium—cosponsored by the Master Scholars Program
and Interplast, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
providing free reconstructive plastic surgery in developing
countries—launched an exhibit of images from The
Gift, a book by photographer Phil Borges.
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The
volume profiles American plastic surgeons and the work
they perform on children afflicted with cleft lip, cleft
palate, severe burns, and other deformities and injuries.
According
to Dr. Cutting, the training simulator he and his team
designed is like an interactive video game in which
images can be viewed from any angle. “These videos
will allow surgeons to train themselves on a machine,”
he explains, “where they can learn the procedure,
test it, and master it before they attempt the repair
of a facially- disfigured child.”
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