BACKGROUND Artificial calcanei, fresh-frozen cadaver specimens, and embalmed cadaver specimens were compared in experimental testing under biocompatible loading to clarify the biocompatibility of artificial calcaneal specimens for implant testing. METHODS Two different artificial calcaneal bone models (Sawbone, Pacific Research Laboratories, Vashon, WA, and Synbone, Synbone Inc., Davos, Switz...

Objectives: Controversial in the development of anatomical science education is the role of dissection in the teaching of anatomy. Several doubts have been expressed over the usefulness of the use of cadavers in gross anatomy studies. This work was designed to compare the outcomes from a cadaver dissection-based study with a non-cadaver-based study. Methods: A total of 128 medical students divi...

Differences in activity between infective juveniles (IJ) of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae that emerged directly from cadavers onto either a sand or agar substrate compared with those emerging from a cadaver into water and then being placed on the same substrate are known to occur. Differences between S. carpocapsae IJ that emerged directly from a cadaver vs. those that e...

Background: It is important to train gynecologists and urologists on the principles of urogynecological surgery.
 Objectives: To report our recent experience in developing a curriculum, application, learning outcome urogynecology workshop using cadaver training.
 Methods: A full day structured cadaver-based educational hands-on course was developed. The theoretical component consisted...

Purpose  The purpose of this study is to provide basic information on the availability and current use of cadaver laboratories in the education of orthopaedic residents and trainees and to determine the interest for the implementation of this type of training. Methods  All Orthopaedic residents and trainees who attended a cadaver laboratory organized by SIGASCOT (Italian Society of the Knee, Ar...

Glomerular structure has been studied in tissues derived from normal living and cadaver kidney donors. Values obtained in such subjects were considered interchangeable and have been used to define the normal parameters when evaluating the effects of various renal diseases. The present study evaluated glomerular structure by light and electron microscopy in 83 living and 53 cadaver kidney donors...