Background and Objective

Rhinoplasty is one of the most frequent and complex surgeries performed within the Plastic Surgery field. Residents around the world agree on a general deficiency from their rhinoplasty training and, in some cases, the absence of it. Someone, by the end of their training, still feel lack of confidence when performing a rhinoplasty. Currently, not all the countries have established a standardized training method for the acquisition of expertise and skills in rhinoplasty, and although there are several models, they have not been evaluated and therefore their efficiency as a training model is unknown.

Methods

We conduct a systematic review performing a systematic review of published articles about the theme. Search strategy included the following database: MEDLINE Pubmed (1980 to June 2016), EMBASE Ovid (1946 to second week of June 2016), LILACS Scielo (1982 to June 2016). Selection criteria used was: descriptive studies reporting the use of training models for rhinoplasty.

Results

Six training models, during a period from 2005-2014, were evaluated. Three were based on animal tissue, 2 on synthetic materials and 1 on a cadaveric model. No one had been evaluated or validated as to whether they improve surgical skills of residents in training.

Conclusions

Even do, in other medical specialties the effectiveness of surgical training models has been proven and such training is considered a requirement in the USA, within the rhinoplasty field no evidence of the effectiveness from these models was found. This revision delivers a path to continue with their effectiveness evaluation and skills improvement in Plastic Surgery.

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