Fusetec - Advanced Surgical Training

25/08/2026

We’re proud to support WashU Medicine with Fusetec sinus models for hands-on surgical education.

Our models provide repeatable access to consistent anatomy, allowing surgeons and trainees to practice techniques, refine their skills and build confidence in a controlled environment.

Thank you to the team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for choosing Fusetec. We’re excited to see these models put to use!

19/08/2026

This September, our CEO Mark Roe will represent Fusetec at IFOS Istanbul 2026, the XXIII World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

IFOS brings together ENT and head and neck specialists from around the world to share knowledge, explore emerging technologies and help shape the future of education and training.

For Fusetec, it is an opportunity to listen, learn and connect with the surgeons, educators and industry partners working to create better pathways for hands-on surgical training.

If you’re attending, we’d love to hear from you.

📍 Istanbul, Türkiye

📅 9–13 September 2026

17/08/2026

How many repetitions does it take to become competent?

5? 10? 25? 50?

The answer probably isn't the same for every surgeon, or every procedure.

But there's a bigger question:

Are surgeons actually getting enough opportunities to practice?

Cadaver labs, courses and clinical experience all play an important role in surgical education. But access to hands-on training isn't unlimited.

What if a surgeon could practice the same procedure, or the same challenging anatomy, again and again before encountering it clinically?

That's one of the problems we're working to solve at Fusetec.

More access. More repetition. More opportunities to build competency.

For the surgeons and medical educators here: What role do you think repetition should play in surgical training?

13/08/2026

Fusetec is proud to work with some of the world’s leading medical device companies, supporting hands-on training, product education, R&D and surgeon engagement across Australia, Europe, the Middle East and beyond.

As Fusetec continues to expand in the U.S., we’re looking to build those same partnerships here.

Our anatomically accurate, procedure-ready models give medical device teams a repeatable platform for surgeon training, product demonstrations, device evaluation, and education, without relying solely on traditional cadaver-based training.

We’ve seen what strong industry partnerships can accomplish around the world. Now, we’re excited to bring that experience to more medical device teams across the U.S.

If your team is looking for new ways to support hands-on training, education or product development, we’d love to connect.

13/08/2026

There has been one question throughout the Fusetec journey:

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How do we train a surgeon to competency?

Lord Kelvin once said:

“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it.”

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When anatomy, pathology and complexity can change from one training experience to the next with traditional methods...

It becomes difficult to know whether we’re progressing.

At the Center for Medical Innovation CMI - Center for Medical Innovation at the University of Utah, they have capacity to train on cadavers...

AND...

they have also added Fusetec to expand what their training facility can offer.

Specific anatomy.
Specific pathology.
Defined learning outcomes.
And the ability to repeat the same training experience.

That repeatability creates a more consistent basis for practice, feedback and measuring progression.

It also expands the capability and capacity of what a training centre can deliver.

Exposure matters.

But is exposure to random anatomy with traditional methods alone, often without pathology, giving the clearest pathway to competency?

We believe there is still a gap.
Let's bridge that gap together.

10/08/2026

Cadaver training will always have an important place in surgical education. But access, cost, and logistics can limit how often surgeons actually get to practice.

Fusetec helps fill the gaps.

Our anatomically accurate surgical training models make it possible to practice procedures, techniques, and challenging anatomies repeatedly. In the lab, classroom, or clinical setting.

More access to hands-on training. More opportunities to build skill.

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

The measure of a surgical training course?

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A clearer pathway to competency.

Complexity is not the problem.
Trying to teach it is.

Traditional methods cannot reliably provide a chosen complex anatomy, let alone reproduce that same anatomy across every station.

Now we can.

So we break it down.
Build it stepwise.

Prof Samuel Leong explains the philosophy behind the Building Blocks Concept of Frontal Sinus Surgery.

Delegates learn to understand the anatomy.

Plan the procedure.

Then work through the dissection sequentially, one step at a time.

And when every delegate works through the same complex anatomy, teaching and feedback can be anchored to a common benchmark.

So that we can create a more consistent learning experience.

This is what becomes possible when complex anatomy can be replicated across every station in the surgical training lab.

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And it leaves us with one question…

If we now have another way to strengthen the pathway to competency, why is there still resistance to bringing this capability into surgical training labs?

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Filmed during a surgical training course at the KARL STORZ Training Centre in the UK.

Video credit: karlstroz KARL STORZ
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