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      History and future of human cadaver preservation for surgical training: from formalin to saturated salt solution method.

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          Traditionally, surgical training meant on-the-job training with live patients in an operating room. However, due to advancing surgical techniques, such as minimally invasive surgery, and increasing safety demands during procedures, human cadavers have been used for surgical training. When considering the use of human cadavers for surgical training, one of the most important factors is their preservation. In this review, we summarize four preservation methods: fresh-frozen cadaver, formalin, Thiel's, and saturated salt solution methods. Fresh-frozen cadaver is currently the model that is closest to reality, but it also presents myriad problems, including the requirement of freezers for storage, limited work time because of rapid putrefaction, and risk of infection. Formalin is still used ubiquitously due to its low cost and wide availability, but it is not ideal because formaldehyde has an adverse health effect and formalin-embalmed cadavers do not exhibit many of the qualities of living organs. Thiel's method results in soft and flexible cadavers with almost natural colors, and Thiel-embalmed cadavers have been appraised widely in various medical disciplines. However, Thiel's method is relatively expensive and technically complicated. In addition, Thiel-embalmed cadavers have a limited dissection time. The saturated salt solution method is simple, carries a low risk of infection, and is relatively low cost. Although more research is needed, this method seems to be sufficiently useful for surgical training and has noteworthy features that expand the capability of clinical training. The saturated salt solution method will contribute to a wider use of cadavers for surgical training.

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          Journal
          Anat Sci Int
          Anatomical science international
          Springer Nature
          1447-073X
          1447-073X
          Jan 2016
          : 91
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan. shogo@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
          [2 ] Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
          [3 ] Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan.
          Article
          10.1007/s12565-015-0299-5
          10.1007/s12565-015-0299-5
          26670696
          be17c95e-d210-495d-8263-8c218446052a
          History

          Cadaver,Embalming,Formaldehyde,Organ preservation,Solutions,Training techniques

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