Current ethical considerations of cadaver surgical training for Japanese plastic and reconstructive surgeons

Abstract

The guidelines for cadaver surgical training (CST) were published in 2012 by the Japan Surgical Society and Japanese Association of Anatomists. 1 Shichinohe T. Kondo T. Date H. Hiramatsu M. et al. Guidelines for cadaver Guidelines for cadaver dissection in education and research of clinical medicine (The Japan Surgical Society and The Japanese Association of Anatomists). Surg Today. 2022 Jul; 52: 989-994 Crossref PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar Ethical codes should be considered for donors and their families; however, the spread of CST programs and the development of social networking services are bringing about severe threats to the uncontrolled publication of photographs and videos. 2 De Caro R. Boscolo-Berto R. Artico M. et al. The Italian law on body donation: A position paper of the Italian College of Anatomists. Ann Anat. 2021 Nov; 238151761 Crossref PubMed Scopus (7) Google Scholar We therefore conducted a questionnaire survey to identify the current ethical considerations and problems encountered by university plastic and reconstructive surgery departments performing CST.