Abstract The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) recommended in
2012 that only donated bodies be used for anatomy teaching and research. However, in …

At the end of 2019, the Covid‐19 pandemic spread caused restrictions in business and
social spheres. Higher education was also severely affected: universities and medical …

BACKGROUND: The spread of injectate resulting from a transmuscular quadratus lumborum
(TQL) block and a transverse oblique paramedian (TOP) TQL block has never been …

Endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery represents the overall accepted type of surgical
treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis. Notwithstanding raised and still evolving quality …

Background Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) is considered the gold standard for
hemithoracic regional anaesthesia. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a new posterior …

Most medical curricula rely on human bodies for teaching macroscopic anatomy. Over the
past 20 years, plastination has become an important means of preservation of organs, for …

Engineered skeletal muscle tissues have been proposed as potential solutions for
volumetric muscle losses, and biologic scaffolds have been obtained by decellularization of …

The scientific interest in cadmium (Cd) as a human health damaging agent has significantly
increased over the past decades. However, particularly the histological distribution of Cd in …

There is considerable agreement that the use of human bodies for teaching and research
remains important, yet not all universities use dissection to teach human gross anatomy. The …

Severe tracheal injuries that cannot be managed by mobilization and end-to-end
anastomosis represent an unmet clinical need and an urgent challenge to face in surgical …