Cadaveric models

Surgical anatomy is the cornerstone of education for medical professionals especially for the surgeons. The use of human material provides an excellent teaching tool that has been used since the beginning of medicine. The human cadaver is perhaps the best training model for all kinds of surgery, from open to endoscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic. The human cadaver can be used fresh, a human cadaver that has not been chemically treated (embalmed) or as an embalmed cadaver. Since the beginning anatomists tried to find an embalming technique that allows to preserve the human body indefinitely, to accurately resemble living tissue, and to reduce health risk concerns related to working with cadavers. There are several embalming techniques from formalin-based solutions to non-formalin, from hard fixed to soft preserved cadavers. The Nova Medical School perfusion technique of cadaveric embalming seems to be one of the best because is formalin free, produces no toxic vapours at room temperature, is not harmful at touch, seems like real tissue and allows natural dissection similar to real surgery. In the twenty-first Century, medical schools and specially surgeons need an embalming technique that preserves the human body in a realistic manner, allowing the return of surgeons to the dissection room for surgical training.