Body parts removed during surgery: A useful training source

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-156

  Macchi, Veronica ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   Cestrone, Adriano ^b   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body part; Clinical anatomy; Dissection; Gross anatomy education; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SEROLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANATOMY; ETHICS COMMITTEES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; PILOT PROJECTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79956111904     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.218     Document Type: Article

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