Abstract
Current neurosurgical training can rely on innovative methods that have been provided, especially in recent years, by the remarkable and constant evolution of surgical techniques, instruments and additional dedicated tools. Moreover, the increasingly widespread access to educational material in the forms of lectures, surgical videos and anatomical dissections represents an innovative and helpful resource, which is easily available to young surgeons. Nevertheless, the international scientific literature agrees that anatomical dissection of cadavers remains fundamental in the long process of neurosurgical education and constitutes an invaluable tool for anatomical and surgical research.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Ciliberti R, Martini M, Bonsignore A, Penco S. Break with tradition: donating cadavers for scientific purposes and reducing the use of sentient beings. Ann Ist Super Sanità . 2016;52(2):261–8.
Rocco A. Dei delitti contro il sentimento religioso e contro la pietà dei defunti. Penal code, second book, title IV, articles. Milan: Vallardi; 1930. p. 402–13.
Jones DG, Whitaker MI. Anatomy’s use of unclaimed bodies, reasons against continued dependence on an ethically dubious practice. Clin Anat. 2012;25(2):246–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.21223.
De Caro R, Macchi V, Porzionato AA. Promotion of body donation and use of cadavers in anatomical education at the University of Padova. Anat Sci Educ. 2009;2(2):91–2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.69.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Signorelli, F. (2019). The Craniovertebral Junction and Laboratory Experience: The Italian Paradox. In: Visocchi, M. (eds) New Trends in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 125. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62515-7_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62515-7_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-62514-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-62515-7
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)