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Fig. 5.18 FRS Task 5:
Puzzle piece dissection. In
this task, the trainee must cut
the puzzle piece pattern
between the lines without
incising the underlying tissue
or cutting outside of the lines.
Primary skills: dissection,
cutting, atraumatic tissue
handling, and sharp and blunt
dissection. Secondary skills:
eye-hand instrument
coordination and wrist
articulation
Fig. 5.19 FRS Task 6: Vessel energy dissection. The trainee must dissect through the fat layer to
expose the vessel then coagulate the vessel at two points and finally cut the vessel between the two
coagulated points. Primary skills: accurate activation and use of energy sources, dissection of ves-
sels and tissues, cutting and coagulation of vessels, and multiple arm control. Secondary skills:
atraumatic tissue handling and eye-hand instrument coordination
Fig. 5.20 FRS modules from dVSS
E.I. George et al.